Turbomachinery Systems Engineer
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value level due to strategic leadership role within a growing digital commerce firm.
- Lead and grow a media team at an innovative digital commerce firm.
- Focus on client success and building strategic partnerships.
- Dynamic work environment with significant responsibilities.
Pros
- Leadership role with a clear path to influence company growth.
- Opportunity to work with executives and build high-value client relationships.
- Dynamic environment with a focus on professional development.
Cons
- High expectations for previous success in digital commerce.
- Significant responsibilities in a competitive market.
- Potential travel requirements may vary work-life balance.
Who it's for
Senior Management • Hybrid with travel to client sites
Good fit
- Experienced ecommerce leaders.
- Professionals with a track record in client engagement.
- Those passionate about driving business growth.
Not recommended for
- Individuals lacking experience in digital media and ecommerce.
- New managers not prepared for fast-paced environments.
- Those preferring defined roles with less leadership pressure.
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
About NordSpace
NordSpace (https://nordspace.com) is a Canadian startup with the mission to advance life on Earth, from space. NordSpace is committed to extremely rapid innovation and development of only the most ambitious aerospace projects with only the most ambitious team Canada has to offer. With divisions of rocket propulsion, autonomous robotics, satellite integration, and stratospheric balloons, NordSpace is driven to do everything it takes to bring space closer to Earth and inspire generations of space explorers.
As a Turbomachinery Systems Engineer at NordSpace, you will be working towards developing Canada's first orbital class launch vehicle, to be launched from Canada as well. A first on countless fronts, and sure to inspire the country and generations of scientists and engineers. Your work will involve a tremendous amount of scoping, research, design, and prototyping of proprietary turbo pumps for our staged combustion liquid rocket engine with an intense focus on rapid iteration and testing while maintaining a high degree of safety. The specifics and constraints will be discussed privately. You will build the foundations for this critical division of NordSpace in your first year and also participate in the recruitment of additional engineers. This role requires someone with vision, leadership, and a relentless work ethic that goes far beyond the norm. It also requires someone who has a strong natural intuition of physics and mathematics, a knack for hands on prototyping, and a desire to move fast.
Qualifications
• 3+ years of industry experience in propulsion/rocketry
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or related field, Master’s or Ph.D. greatly preferred
• Significant hands-on engineering experience with propulsion systems design, prototyping, and testing
• Significant experience working safely with high pressure gases, propellants, fluids
• Significant experience with fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, compressible flow, aerodynamics, structural dynamics
• Significant experience with CAD, CFD, and FEA tools such as Solidworks, Autodesk Suite, Ansys, Nastran, MATLAB
• Significant knowledge of and deep passion for the space industry at large
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to conduct independent research
• Excellent English communication skills
• Excellent project management skills
This is a full-time in-person role at our head office in Markham
