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As a key member of our engineering team, you will be responsible for contributing to designing, analyzing, and optimizing combustion devices for cryogenic rocket engines.\nKey Responsibilities\nProvide support to global combustor fluidic system development through application of both theory and/or CFD.\n\nDrive and/or contribute to injector design and optimisation against combustor requirements and design intent using theory and/or CFD.\n\nSupport definition of instrumentation for hot-fire testing and assist with post-test data interpretation and CFD/model correlation.\n\nReduce and analyse hot-fire test data to derive performance and combustion-stability metrics, and maintain associated data processing tools\n\nSupport design reviews with clear technical justification of analysis methods, assumptions, and margins.\n\nWhat we would love to see from you\nMinimum of a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.\n\n3+ years of relevant/equivalent experience in combustion, propulsion, or reacting-flow engineering.\n\nSolid foundation in bi-liquid rocket combustion processes.\n\nStrong background in reacting-flow CFD (e.g. ANSYS, OpenFOAM, Converge) using RANS and/or LES\n\nStrong scripting and data-analysis ability in Python or similar\n\nExposure to liquid rocket injector CFD.\n\nExperience with combustion of cryogenic propellants.\n\nFamiliarity with combustion instability, thermoacoustics, or uncertainty quantification is beneficial.\n\nExperience supporting or participating in hot-fire test campaigns is beneficial.\n\nSkills and Behaviours\nStructured and methodical approach to problem solving.\n\nDemonstrated rigour: checks reference calculations, documents assumptions, and treats a discrepancy between prediction and test as a problem to be solved rather than dismissed.\n\nAbility to work under technical uncertainty and iterate models as test data becomes available.\n\nClear written and verbal communication of assumptions, methods, and conclusions.\n\nComfort working in cross-disciplinary teams across thermo-mechanical, systems, and test engineering.\n\nStrong analytical rigor and attention to detail.\n\nDemonstrates behaviors consistent with The Exploration Company's core values of Mission, Vision, Integrity, Excellence, and Teamwork.\n\nWhy you should join us!\nWhat makes us special here at The Exploration Company and why we think you will enjoy working here is:\nWe’re Agile - we make decisions fast whilst keeping our goals and systems in mind\n\nWe’re Open and Collaborative - we are transparent about risks and obstacles, so that we can cooperate to overcome them\n\nWe have a lot of Fun - we refuel our energy knowing we are democratising space. It’s a wonderful and rare opportunity, are YOU up for the challenge?\n\nWe'd love to hear from you if you wish to be a part of our journey. Please submit your CV now for immediate consideration and we will be in touch shortly. \nThe Exploration Company is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. Relocation assistance is provided for those willing to relocate including visa sponsorship where applicable. \n\nAll offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, which will be subject to the country, role, and project you applied for. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and agree that any offer of employment may be conditional upon successful condition of this check. 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