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Want to work on engineering challenges that help recreate the extreme conditions of space?
Element is looking for Fluids Engineers to join our growing San Bernardino team, where you'll work hands-on with cryogenic and high-pressure fluid systems supporting some of the most exciting companies in the aerospace and space industries. The lab performs cryogenic and fluids testing, nitrogen blowdown testing, thermal shock testing, and other specialized testing designed to simulate extreme aerospace environments.
We're open to engineers at junior through experienced levels who are curious, hands-on, and excited to grow their expertise in a highly specialized engineering environment.
Compensation: $90,000.00-$130,000.00 salary + lab bonus target
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and support cryogenic, hydrogen, and high-pressure fluid testing systems
- Plan and execute testing involving fluid flow, pressure, thermal cycling, storage, and distribution systems
- Analyze test results and ensure technical objectives and customer requirements are achieved
- Read and work from P&IDs, plumbing diagrams, and other technical drawings
- Support improvements to test cells, equipment, processes, and data collection
- Partner directly with engineers, technicians, project teams, and customers
- Develop technical reports, test documentation, and presentationsHelp maintain safe testing environments involving high-pressure and cryogenic systems
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline
- Understanding of fluid systems and the ability to work with technical drawings and engineering documentation
- Strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on engineering mindset
- Ability to learn quickly and work effectively in a collaborative testing environment
- Experience with AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks is highly valuable
Preferred:
- Cryogenics or hydrogen systems
- High-pressure gas or fluid systems
- Nitrogen testing, blowdown testing, thermal shock, or thermocycling
- Aerospace, space, propulsion, or environmental testing
- P&IDs and complex plumbing/fluid systems
- Python for test automation, engineering applications, or data analysis
- Machining or other hands-on mechanical experience
At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline
- Understanding of fluid systems
- Ability to work with technical drawings and engineering documentation
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Hands-on engineering mindset
- Ability to learn quickly and work effectively in a collaborative testing environment
- Experience with AutoCAD and/or SolidWorks
- Experience with cryogenics or hydrogen systems
- Experience with high-pressure gas or fluid systems
- Experience with nitrogen testing, blowdown testing, thermal shock, or thermocycling
- Aerospace, space, propulsion, or environmental testing experience
- Experience with P&IDs and complex plumbing or fluid systems
- Python experience for test automation, engineering applications, or data analysis
- Machining or other hands-on mechanical experience
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, floating holidays, and paid volunteer time are highlighted, with flexibility to use time off in many teams. This breadth of options adds practical value beyond base pay.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Employee Assistance Program support, recognition programs, and “Smarter Working” flexibility are featured as part of the package. These offerings support day-to-day wellbeing and work–life fit.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is considered competitive in certain roles and markets, with location-based variation enabling stronger packages for some. This creates opportunities to land better-aligned offers when role and site match well.
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What We Do
The Element Materials Technology Group is one of the world’s leading global providers of testing, inspection, and certification services for a diverse range of products, materials, and technologies in advanced industrial supply chains where failure in use is not an option. Headquartered in London, UK, Element’s c.9,000 scientists, engineers, and technologists, work across a global network of over 270+ locations, support customers from early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals, and into production ensuring their products are safe and sustainable, and achieve market access. In 2021, Element set out its new, industry leading environmental commitments, adopting science-based targets and committing to net zero emissions across its entire global business by 2035. These environmental commitments follow Element’s achievement of the highest ESG ranking in the testing, inspection and certification industry from Sustainalytics, a global leader in ESG research and data.
