Thermal Analysis Engineer III – Lunar

Thermal Analysis Engineer III – Lunar

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 5 years of relevant Thermal Analysis experience
• Established understanding of heat transfer fundamentals in space environment
• Good understanding of common spacecraft thermal hardware
• Understanding of aerospace hardware verification and validation process
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery and quality of thermal analysis of one or more spacecraft systems/components, often including the work of several contributing analysts
• Build thermal models in Thermal Desktop (for system-level) or ANSYS Icepak (for component-level) based on system inputs from external teams
• Predict spacecraft and part temperatures across all mission phases
• Identify non-compliances to thermal requirements and drive them to resolution
• Perform trade studies and optimizations of thermal design solutions and collaborate with external IPTs on the trade offs
• Document thermal analysis results and present at program gated reviews
• Lead and mentor early-career thermal engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S. or PhD degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 7 years of relevant Thermal Analysis experience
• Strong understanding of pumped fluid loop hardware such as pumps, cold plates, radiators, valves, heat exchangers, etc and semi-passive devices like sensors and heaters
• Familiar with thermal environments of lunar missions
• Experience solving a variety of thermal problems demonstrating breadth in application
• Expert in Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint, including model validation and test correlation
• Expert in ANSYS Icepak, including printed circuit board modeling