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Thermal Engineer – Analysis – Starlink
| Company | SpaceX |
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| Location | Redmond, WA, USA |
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| Salary | $95000 – $130000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
Responsibilities
- Thermal design of semiconductor packages, from high level concepts to detail thermal simulations and lab testing
- Thermal design of satellite components, from initial high-level analysis down to validation of performance with ground tests and orbital data
- Devise, build and run tests to validate the performance of the hardware in extreme conditions
- Automate workflow to reduce engineering investment in the design cycle
- Pursue performance/robustness improvements
- Pursue operational simplicity and seek to reduce burden on other groups at SpaceX
- Produce quality documentation of your work to reduce miss-rate and improve efficiency
- Review peer work
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with tools for chip thermal design like Flotherm or Icepak
- 1+ years of experience using scientific programming languages (including internships)
- Experience with Thermal Desktop and ANSYS Workbench
- Experience with 3D and reduced order thermal modeling
- Ability to identify sizing cases and quickly evaluate the impact of design decisions
- Working knowledge of scripting languages
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to deliver against an aggressive schedule
