Fluids Ground Support Equipment Design Engineer

As a Fluids Ground Support Equipment (FGSE) Design Engineer, you will have the opportunity to leverage your creative background and expertise to help develop the next generation of launch sites, test stands, and production equipment supporting an entire fleet of launch vehicles and spacecraft. You will work in small collaborative groups (team of 8), on fluid system design, installation, maintenance, and operation across our various facilities. This work includes preliminary and detailed design, installation, startup support, system baselining, performance analysis, and recommending upgrades.



RESPONSIBILITIES
• Design of ground fluid systems includes developing P&IDs, tube & pipe sizing calculations for cryogenic, multiphase, compressible & incompressible fluids, valve/fitting/component specification and selection, design for critical safety equipment, basic control philosophy for system modifications, pipe & equipment coating & insulation specification and more
• Manage the fabrication, installation, checkout, and operation of these systems
• Coordinate & plan fabrication/construction with GSE technician team, including but not limited to:
o Providing P&IDs and dimensional drawings for systems
o Generating drawings and work instructions
o Planning/scheduling upcoming work
o Consideration of technician feedback in the design phase
o Provide on-the-ground support and direction to build teams
• Coordinate with and perform work according to policy, procedures and specifications established by the Ground Support Equipment design team
• Maintain a high level of understanding of relevant requirements, engineering codes and piping standards including launch range requirements and ASME B31.1, ASME B31.3, ANSI, API, and applicable NFPA standards
• Participate in and lead internal design reviews, and operations readiness reviews, as well as represent Firefly during external design reviews.
• Perform activation testing of your systems including determining test objectives, test requirements, detailed procedure writing with a focus on safety, executing test plans and procedures, and working with other teams as necessary
• Maintain and upgrade fluid systems as necessary, including crafting preventative maintenance plans for systems & equipment
• Troubleshoot fluid systems for nonconformance's, using the company’s nonconformance reporting system to engineering instructions, i.e. dispositions and work steps
• Travel to test and launch sites, as required, to support the company objectives

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Top 3 Skills:
1. Fluids Design – rotating equipment, valves, equipment specs
2. Fluids Analysis
3. Cryogenic Fluid and system design experience

Required:
• Bachelors’ degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related engineering discipline
• Strong understanding of first-principles in fluids, heat transfer, and thermodynamics
• Capable of balancing detailed design tasks with higher level project management style tasks, including budgeting, scheduling, procurment and communications
• 3-5+ years of recent experience in a professional setting outside the classroom with LARGE fluid systems, pneumatics, hydraulics or HVAC systems in a design, assembly, test, or operations capacity
• Direct experience with design and build of ground systems (GSE) or related fluid systems including, but not limited to test environments, fluid or gas conditioning/storage, manufacturing processes, and compressible gasses
• Strong 3D CAD experience, preferably in Siemens NX/Teamcenter
• Familiarity with ASME, NASA, and SSCMAN standards related to fluid system design – (some knowledge)

• Cryogenic system design and operational experience
• Experience in an aerospace, R&D, or oil & gas environment.
• Experience or familiarity with building or operating distributed control systems (instrumentation, data acquisition, DCS, SCADA, etc.)
• Experience developing test and operational procedures
• Hands-on experience building, troubleshooting, and operating complex fluid or mechanical systems

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.