Mechanical Valve Design and Development Engineer
Location: [Insert Location]
Posted: 28 days ago | Expires in: 29 days
Job Overview: Mechanical Valve Design and Development Engineer required to join a growing monopropellants team working on Fluidic Controls for space propulsion. My client supplies chemical propulsion systems (rocket engines and thrusters) to spacecraft manufacturers.
Responsibilities:
1. Design of fluid system components such as electro-mechanical valves and mechanisms.
2. Participate in customer programmes as the development engineer.
3. Generate technical documentation in line with company and customer quality standards.
4. Create design and compliance documents using CAD, finite element, and data acquisition packages, including Pro Engineer, Ansys, and LabView.
Minimum Requirements:
1. Space industry experience highly desirable but not essential.
2. 2:1 or higher Degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering.
3. CAD experience generating 3D models, ideally detail drafting for manufacture with PTC Creo.
4. Structural analysis using FE software, static and dynamic analysis justifying designs for launch vibration and fluid pressure tolerance.
5. Exposure to the design, manufacture, and test of aerospace or space products.
6. Test rig design, instrumentation, and data acquisition for fluid systems, ideally with LabView experience.
7. Experience with valve, mechanism, or propulsion designs.
8. Familiarity with clean room practices and equipment.
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