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Astro Mechanica · 1 day ago

Propulsion-Airframe Integration Engineer

Denver or San Francisco

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$150K/yr - $210K/yr

10+ years exp

Astro Mechanica is a vertically integrated aerospace company focused on democratizing high-speed flight. They are seeking a Senior Propulsion-Airframe Integration Engineer to lead the design and integration of supersonic air inlet systems for high-speed aircraft, ensuring efficient and economical supersonic transport.

AerospaceManufacturingMechanical Engineering

Responsibilities

Lead the design, analysis, and integration of supersonic air inlet systems for highly coupled propulsion–airframe configurations

Develop and apply analytical methods, reduced-order models, and CFD to guide inlet architecture selection and performance trade studies

Evaluate inlet performance metrics including mass flow capture, pressure recovery, flow distortion, and operability across the flight envelope

Work closely with propulsion, airframe, and systems engineers to resolve inlet–engine integration challenges such as bleed systems, secondary flows, and transient behavior

Provide technical leadership and independent judgment in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary aerospace design environment

Qualification

Supersonic inlet designPropulsion-airframe integrationComputational fluid dynamics (CFD)Analytical methodsInlet performance metricsIndependent judgmentTechnical leadership

Required

10+ years of experience in the design and analysis of supersonic air inlet systems for high-speed aircraft

Demonstrated expertise in supersonic inlet architectures, including axisymmetric spike inlets, two-dimensional inlets, and external/internal compression concepts

Strong background in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applied to internal flows

Experience assessing inlet–engine operability and integration issues, including distortion, bleed management, and transient behavior

Proven ability to work independently and drive technically rigorous solutions in highly coupled propulsion–airframe designs