Thrust Chamber Assembly Engineer (m/f/d)

About this role

Mission Brief You will join the Combustion Devices team and take responsibility for the thrust chamber assembly (TCA): injector head, combustion chamber and nozzle. You will design and analyse these components, plan and evaluate the tests that prove them, and work with production to make sure what you design can actually be built, quickly and at scale. This is a fast moving environment with a short design, build and test cycle.

Your Role in Our Space Mission: Design injector heads and injector elements, combustion chambers and nozzles. Perform trade off studies and plan the technical roadmap for thrust chamber assemblies of pump fed, liquid propellant engines. Create thrust chamber subcomponent models and validate them against test data. Perform detailed injection, combustion and cooling CFD studies to assess injector and cooling channel designs.

Plan and execute subcomponent and integrated engine test campaigns, and analyse the data gathered. Work with the production teams to keep designs manufacturable, fast and affordable at scale. Qualification Checklist MSc in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or a comparable technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience. Minimum of 4-5 years designing liquid rocket engine components. Excellent understanding of fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and combustion physics.

Significant experience conducting reacting CFD of injectors and combustion chambers. Experience with gas/gas or gas/liquid injectors in high-pressure rocket combustors. Experience analysing test data from rocket combustors or comparable hardware. Proficiency in Python, MATLAB or a comparable programming language, and in 3D CAD. Fluent in English. Willingness to travel occasionally for test and launch operations. Bonus Skills Experience planning and organising test campaigns together with several other parties.

Working knowledge of manufacturing techniques such as additive manufacturing, CNC machining, brazing, welding or casting. Benefits Employee Participation Program: Share in our success through our virtual company share program 30 days of vacation: Enjoy the days off to relax and recharge Company pension plan: Secure your future with our company pension plan, featuring a 20% employer contribution after the probation period Subsidised lunch: Stay energised with delicious, subsidised lunches every day Public transport ticket: Commute with ease using a fully financed Deutschlandticket Rental clothing with laundry service: Enjoy hassle-free workwear with our convenient rental clothing and laundry service Sport Clubs membership: Stay fit with our sponsored sports club memberships (EGYM Wellpass) Individual learning allowance: Grow your skills with an individual learning budget granted after the probation period Childcare allowance: Receive a childcare allowance for your non-school-age children And Much More! Discover additional perks and benefits when you join our team.