Hey guys,

I am currently living in Salt Lake City and do not particularly care to stick around here much longer. I am originally from Chicago and looking to move to a more "happening" area than SLC, which is not too hard to find. I am in the the Aerospace industry and know that Seattle is a great place for that. I currently work at ATK, I've been out here for about 5 years now, got some great experience, but need to move on.

So, the point of this post is to introdude myself to you guys and also see if anybody has any connections in the industry. My specialty is rocket motors (both solid and liquid), nozzle design and trajectory analysis. I've also developed a couple of solid motors to throw into some old black powder flares that the Marines, Navy and Army currenty use. I appreciate any help or insight into moving to the area, also. I'm looking particularly at Raytheon and Aerojet, but I'm usually fascinated with just about anything. Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Tony

 

Sorry, Aerojet is the only place around I knew of, and you already have that one. Boeing used to have a space center here in Kent, but now I think that's mostly in Hunstville and St. Louis.

I guess ATK used to be Thiokol?

 

Yep, Thiokol is now called ATK Launch Systems.

 

boeing is hiring a buttload of people for their new 787 program, check them out.

 

Haven't seen too many rocket nozzles on the 787, though.

 

Whatever can get me there! Thanks for the help mikegarrison and niccuhles.

Nozzles are nozzles, whether they be rocket or jet exhaust, they all serve the same purpose. Different environments sure, but same principles.

Although that's GE's and/or Pratt's problem.

 

Yes, pretty much. There are propulsion research and engineering groups here. You could always apply, but as far as I know, most of the Boeing job opportunities in your specialization will not be in Puget Sound.

 

Wind Tunnels baby

 

You mean those buildings where they used to do the CFD before computers?

 

they're still at it w/ slide rules and manual drafting