The Modular Interceptor Platform. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
You will design, analyze, prototype, test, and iterate propulsion and dispersal hardware capable of producing extreme accelerations, high mass flow, and low latency response times. You will work side-by-side with the founders, mechanical, electrical, and controls engineers. You will own the on-vehicle high energy systems from concept to demonstration
What they're looking for
- Plan and execute high-G tests, pressure tests, thermal tests, and impulse characterization
- Work with external test ranges, explosive facilities, and instrumentation teams
- Develop test fixtures, data acquisition setups, and high-speed video capture systems
- B.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, or related field
- Demonstrated experience with propulsion design, combustion, energetics, or high-pressure systems
- Strong modeling experience: CEA, CFD (OpenFOAM/ANSYS/COMSOL), MATLAB/Python, or equivalent
More about this role
We are looking for a Propulsion and High-Energy Systems Engineer to own the development of the impulse-generation systems that power our first product, Hailstorm. This includes gas generators, micro-thrusters, solid propulsion elements, high-pressure systems, fast-acting valves, detonation-assisted dispersal systems, and high-temperature/pressure fluid dynamics.
You will design, analyze, prototype, test, and iterate propulsion and dispersal hardware capable of producing extreme accelerations, high mass flow, and low latency response times.
You will work side-by-side with the founders, mechanical, electrical, and controls engineers. You will own the on-vehicle high energy systems from concept to demonstration
- Design/select compact propulsion and impulse systems: gas generators, cold-gas thrusters, and solid micro-motors.
- Model combustion, mass flow, thrust curves, chamber pressures, and heat transfer.
- Evaluate tradeoffs between solid, liquid, or other propulsion architectures.
- Design pressure vessels, regulators, burst disks, check valves, fast-response actuators, and timing mechanisms.
- Simulate structural integrity under high G’s and perform empirical testing.
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