Propulsion Aerothermal Analyst
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Full-time
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- 5+ years of experience with one or more of the following:
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About Canada Rocket Company
Canada Rocket Company is developing Canada's first medium-lift launch vehicle.
We are a team of veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, ArianeGroup, Pangea Propulsion, Tesla, MDA, and more, bringing over a century of combined launch and space systems experience back to Canada.
Our mission is to provide reliable, independent access to space for Canada and its allies in a rapidly expanding global market.
Our Approach Is Defined By Pragmatic Engineering
About The Role
We are looking for a Propulsion Aerothermal Analyst who is equally proficient in performing first order calculations as they are in running CFD or developing their own analysis code. You will work across design, analysis, development, operation, and reuse scenarios in a fast-moving development environment. This is a highly technical role for someone who wants to be close to details, make consequential design decisions, and help establish the propulsion fluids systems of an orbital launch vehicle program from the ground up.
What You'll Do
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Canada Rocket Company is developing Canada's first medium-lift launch vehicle.
We are a team of veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, ArianeGroup, Pangea Propulsion, Tesla, MDA, and more, bringing over a century of combined launch and space systems experience back to Canada.
Our mission is to provide reliable, independent access to space for Canada and its allies in a rapidly expanding global market.
Our Approach Is Defined By Pragmatic Engineering
- We utilize a single 725 kN engine that scales from light- to medium-lift via engine clustering.
- We lean on simple, proven technologies to reach orbit faster, avoiding the pitfalls of complex or novel designs.
- We test early and often, catching problems on the bench instead of at the pad.
About The Role
We are looking for a Propulsion Aerothermal Analyst who is equally proficient in performing first order calculations as they are in running CFD or developing their own analysis code. You will work across design, analysis, development, operation, and reuse scenarios in a fast-moving development environment. This is a highly technical role for someone who wants to be close to details, make consequential design decisions, and help establish the propulsion fluids systems of an orbital launch vehicle program from the ground up.
What You'll Do
- Aerothermal design of propulsion components including injectors, thrust chambers, nozzles, valves, and other fluid system parts
- Analyze regenerative, film, and radiation cooling schemes and size cooling channels to keep wall temperatures within material limits
- Analyze fluid transients, water hammer, priming, two-phase flow, cavitation, flow-induced loads, and feed system coupling across engine and stage fluid systems
- Perform thermal-fluid analysis of cryogenic propellant systems, including tank thermal management, chill-down, boil-off, thermal conditioning, and insulation performance
- Develop and validate pressurization system models (autogenous, helium, or self-pressurizing) to size pressurant requirements and predict ullage behaviour
- Build, run, and maintain steady-state and transient thermal and fluid models using tools such as Thermal Desktop/SINDA, Fluent, CFX, EcosimPro, ESPSS, Flownex, or in-house Python/MATLAB codes
- Conduct trade studies and sensitivity analyses on system architecture, cooling, geometry, and operating points to drive design decisions
- Support cold flow, hot fire, stage test, and flight campaigns with pre-test predictions and post-test data reconciliation
- Identify thermal and fluid risks and failure modes, support anomaly investigations and root-cause analysis, and recommend design or operational mitigations
Required
- 5+ years of experience with one or more of the following:
- Aerothermal analysis of aerospace propulsion components
- Creating and running 1-D flow networks for component sizing
- Performing 3-D CFD analysis on propulsion components
- Combustion analysis including liquid injection modelling
- Aerothermal analysis of cryogenic propellant systems
- Inclination toward a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment with rapid hardware development using iterative design-build-test cycles that are central to the engineering culture
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field
- Conjugate heat transfer analysis using Fluent or similar CFD tools on rocket engine components
- Aerothermal design of liquid bipropellant rocket engines
- Experience with methane systems, including methane delivery systems
- Exposure to complex fluid systems as well as understanding the behaviour of the mechanisms in those systems
- Turbomachinery fluid analysis proficiency
- Structural analysis proficiency
- Functional proficiency in CAD (NX) and Python
- Advanced degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field
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Responsibilities
Perform aerothermal design and analysis of rocket propulsion components and fluid systems, including cooling, cryogenic propellant management, pressurization, and transient flow behavior. Develop and validate models, conduct design trade studies, support test and flight campaigns, and investigate thermal-fluid risks and anomalies.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field, plus at least five years of relevant experience in propulsion aerothermal analysis, flow networks, CFD, combustion, or cryogenic propellant systems. The role also calls for comfort with rapid, iterative hardware development; preferred qualifications include conjugate heat transfer, liquid bipropellant engines, methane systems, turbomachinery, structural analysis, NX CAD, Python, or an advanced degree.
Skills
- Propulsion Aerothermal Analysis
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Thermal-Fluid Modeling
- Rocket Engine Design
- Cooling System Analysis
- Cryogenic Propellant Systems
- Fluid Transient Analysis
- Pressurization System Modeling
- Combustion Analysis
- Liquid Injection Modeling
- Trade Studies
- Test Data Reconciliation
- Root-Cause Analysis
- Python
- MATLAB
- CAD
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- Engineering
- Science & Research
- Manufacturing
Keywords
- Propulsion Aerothermal Analysis
- Rocket Engine
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Fluent
- CFX
- Thermal Desktop
- SINDA
- EcosimPro
- ESPSS
- Flownex
- Python
- MATLAB
- Conjugate Heat Transfer
- Regenerative Cooling
- Film Cooling
- Radiation Cooling
- Cryogenic Propellants
- Two-Phase Flow
- Cavitation
- Water Hammer
- Pressurization Systems
- Liquid Bipropellant
- Methane Systems
- Turbomachinery
- NX CAD
- Cold-Flow Testing
- Hot-Fire Testing
- Root-Cause Analysis
- Iterative Design-Build-Test
- Thermal Management