Turbomachinery Design Engineer
$150,000–$200,000 year
On-siteLong Beach, California, United States
Long Beach, California, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$150,000–$200,000 yearSmall
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Job Summary
Own the detailed design of rotating and static components—from concept to release—producing manufacturing-ready drawing packages with GD&T per ASME Y14.5. Run your own structural FEA for static, thermal-structural, modal, and fatigue analysis to de-risk parts before fabrication. Design for manufacturability across precision machining, casting, and additive processes while collaborating directly with the shop and suppliers. See parts through build and test, folding test stand data back into the next revision. Move fluidly across the design, build, and test loop as program needs shift.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. or M.S. in mechanical, aerospace, or a related discipline
- roughly 5-7+ years of serious component-design experience for aerospace or similarly demanding applications
- Expert with SolidWorks (or comparable) for complex parts, assemblies, and drawing packages
- rigorous GD&T per ASME Y14.5
- Able to run your own structural FEA in ANSYS (or comparable): static, thermal-structural, modal, and fatigue / life
- Strong mechanics-of-materials fundamentals — stress, fatigue, tolerancing, and material selection
- A real design-for-manufacturability instinct across machining, casting, and/or additive
- Genuinely hands-on — comfortable on the shop floor and at the test stand
- Clear technical communication, and the instinct to back claims with data rather than assertion
- Fluent with modern AI tools and able to use them to move faster — while staying appropriately skeptical: you verify what they produce, understand where they break down, and never let them substitute for your own engineering judgment
Desired Qualifications
- Rotating-machinery / turbomachinery component design — impellers, blisks, disks, shafts, rotor stacks
- High-speed, high-temperature, or high-cycle-fatigue applications
- Rotordynamics, structural dynamics, vibration, or lifing analysis
- High-temperature materials and processes — nickel superalloys, casting, brazing, additive, coatings
- Experience releasing hardware to production and working with a supply chain
- Scripting and automation (e.g., Python) for analysis or design
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