Turbomachinery Engineer

About Trishul Space:
Trishul Space is a space startup building lightweight, ready to integrate propulsion systems for next generation launch vehicles. The company is focused on simplifying propulsion integration, increasing payload efficiency, and enabling faster, more scalable launch operations. By developing flight-ready propulsion solutions, Trishul Space aims to remove propulsion as a key bottleneck in the launch vehicle ecosystem, allowing launch providers to accelerate development timelines, improve launch cadence, and focus on mission execution and scalability. The company is currently developing advanced cryogenic propulsion technologies and working with industry partners for manufacturing and commercialization.

Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly motivated Turbomachinery Engineer to lead the design, analysis, development, and testing of turbopump systems for advanced liquid rocket engines. The role involves end-to-end ownership of critical turbomachinery components, including pumps, turbines, seals, bearings, and associated flow-path hardware. The successful candidate will work at the intersection of fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, structural mechanics, and propulsion system integration to develop high-performance, reliable, and manufacturable solutions for next-generation launch vehicle and space propulsion applications.

Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or any equivalent engineering discipline
1+ years of experience in the design of turbomachinery (extracurricular and internship experience qualifies)

Responsibilities:
Design, develop, and validate turbomachinery systems for liquid-propellant rocket engines and related applications.
Take full ownership of critical turbomachinery components, overseeing all stages of design while collaborating closely with manufacturing and assembly teams to ensure successful implementation.
Conduct hydrodynamic/aero-thermodynamic sizing, flow-path design, and performance analyses for inducers, impellers, diffusers, nozzles, turbines, and other turbomachinery elements.
Ensure comprehensive mechanical analyses are carried out for all turbopump components and assemblies to verify structural integrity and reliability.
Create and review engineering drawings in accordance with ASME Y14.5 or equivalent standards, ensuring designs are suitable for both conventional and additive manufacturing processes.
Develop accurate analytical and numerical models, establish innovative methodologies, and create physics-based tools to predict turbopump performance and operability while pushing the limits of state-of-the-art turbomachinery designs.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams responsible for combustion devices, valves, and other propulsion subsystems to achieve optimal turbopump integration and balanced system-level performance and risk management.
Support secondary flow analysis and design activities, ensuring both current and future hardware configurations meet performance objectives.
Support component-level and integrated system testing by defining test setups, participating in test execution, and evaluating results to validate design approaches.
Drive the investigation and resolution of issues identified during turbopump development and qualification testing.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for turbopump assemblies and subsystems, including design refinements and manufacturing process enhancements aimed at reducing cost and lead time.
Familiarity with rotordynamic behaviour, rotor-bearing system analysis, and the tribological aspects of bearings and seals is considered a valuable asset.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
Strong understanding of pump hydrodynamic/turbine aero-thermodynamic design and fundamentals of turbomachinery.
Strong understanding of mathematics, thermodynamics, compressible and incompressible flow, thermochemistry mechanics and/or materials.
Experience with ANSYS (CFX, Mechanical, Thermal).
Understanding of engineering fundamentals and the ability to develop first principles-based models and quick estimates.
Professional experience using SOLIDWORKS or any other CAD packages.
Experience with MATLAB / Python / C or C++ is an added advantage.
Experience with turbomachinery manufacturing and design for manufacturability.
Experience with secondary flow and axial thrust balance modelling is an added advantage.


Interested candidates are requested to share their CV/Resume to info@trishulspace.com
Work location: Research & Innovation Park, IIT Delhi, Pin code: 110016.
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