Valar Atomics
Cycle Performance Engineer - Turbomachinery
$140K–$215K
Torrance, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Experience
- 3 years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder).
About the job
Models and optimizes the thermodynamic cycle for turbomachinery-based power conversion systems, integrating component performance and test data to guide system design.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain the power conversion system’s thermodynamic model, integrating component owners’ performance contributions.
- Define instrumentation plans to calibrate the cycle model against test results.
- Evaluate system-level trade-offs to optimize business outcomes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
- 3 years experience in analyzing thermodynamic cycles in a thermodynamic solver (NPSS, Aspen, GateCycle, Flownex, EES, etc.).
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
- Experience with modeling closed cycles, turbomachinery testing, supercritical CO2, or component-level turbomachinery analysis.
Pay
$140,000 — $215,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
NPSS, Aspen, GateCycle, Flownex, EES
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