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# Head of Turbomachinery Technology

- **Company:** International Family Entertainment, Inc.
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $300,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 3D Printing, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Test Data, Hardware Testing
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f1d20cd6eef26631

## About the Role

* Master's or PhD in a relevant field
 * Proficiency with CFD and FEA tools and experience correlating models to test data
 * Experience leading engineers or technical programs
 * Experience with high-speed, high-temperature, cryogenic, or supercritical fluid machinery
 * Hands-on experience with bearings, seals, and rotor balancing
 * Experience building or commissioning turbomachinery test rigs and facilities
 * Familiarity with nickel superalloys and other high-performance materials
 * Background in a startup or fast-paced R&D environment
 * Experience building a technical team from scratch

## Description

As Head of Turbomachinery Technology, you will build and lead a new engineering division at Freeform. You will set the technical direction for rotating machinery designed around what metal 3D printing makes possible: integrated geometries, fewer parts, and performance that casting and machining cannot reach. You will take new architectures from first-principles analysis through hardware test, working alongside the teams that build our printing technology.

We're looking for a hands-on turbomachinery expert who has taken hardware from concept to test stand and wants to define the next generation of the field. This is a founding leadership role with direct access to senior leadership and room to grow the division., * Establish and lead the turbomachinery division, including technical strategy, roadmap, team structure, and hiring

 * Lead aerodynamic and thermo-mechanical design of compressors, turbines, and pumps built for additive manufacturing
 * Define the design rules, analysis methods, and validation approach for rotating hardware produced on Freeform's platform
 * Direct rotordynamics, structural, and life analysis, including fatigue, creep, and vibration
 * Plan and run component and rig testing, and correlate results with CFD and FEA models
 * Work with materials, process, simulation, controls, and manufacturing engineers to feed what you learn back into our printing technology
 * Own schedule, budget, and technical risk for division programs
 * Recruit, mentor, and develop a team of turbomachinery engineers

Basic Qualifications:

 * Establish and lead the turbomachinery division, including technical strategy, roadmap, team structure, and hiring
 * Lead aerodynamic and thermo-mechanical design of compressors, turbines, and pumps built for additive manufacturing
 * Define the design rules, analysis methods, and validation approach for rotating hardware produced on Freeform's platform
 * Direct rotordynamics, structural, and life analysis, including fatigue, creep, and vibration
 * Plan and run component and rig testing, and correlate results with CFD and FEA models
 * Work with materials, process, simulation, controls, and manufacturing engineers to feed what you learn back into our printing technology
 * Own schedule, budget, and technical risk for division programs
 * Recruit, mentor, and develop a team of turbomachinery engineers