Senior Fluidics Engineer

Senior Fluidics Engineer

Exotrail

Massy, France

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Fluidics Engineer who will be responsible of the fluidic sub-systems od our propulsion products.

Within the Propulsion team, your main responsabilities will be:

• Propellant management system design: design of flow pathways, flow regulation, leak prevention, instrumentation, compliance to space and safety standards, safety mechanism.
• Propellant storage and handling: tank design and integration, pressure regulation.
• Flow dynamics management and optimisation by means of flow modelling (0D and 1D).
• Selection of materials and components in order to ensure material compatibility, and ensure proper component sourcing.
• System integration: ensure tha the fluidic sub-systems is fully integrated with the rest of the propulsion system, taking into account mechanical, thermal, electrical, fludics and software interfaces.
• Testing and validation: specify pressure and vacuum tests for validating functionality in qualification conditions.
• Act as component and system level responsible engineer and fluid system subject matter expert on multiple product development topics.
• Provide expertise on fluidics subjects.
• Produce reports and engineering documentation.

Preferred Experience

• Master’s degree in Fluidic/Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering.
• Experience in designing complex fluidic systems.
• Experience working with common fluid system components valves, regulators, pressure transducers and tanks.
• Experience with leak detection and resolution techniques.
• Capable of solving complex problems with little to no supervision.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Practical experience with fluid systems (experimental work).
• Advanced knowledge of satellite subsystems and operations.
• Previous experience in a space company is a nice to have.
• Proficiency with CAD software (Solidworks).
• Experience in performing computational simulations of rarefied flows.
• Experience in capillary flows, experiment design and hypothesis testing.
• Experience in experiment setup and execution.
• Experiment data analysis.

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