Description:
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Drives the development of thermal systems, including system architecture definition, thermal system modeling, component sizing, and design.
- Perform trade studies relating to the selection of material and subsystem hardware.
- Perform hand calculations to screen concepts without detailed modeling and to sanity check finite element model results.
- Develop vehicle-level thermal models using SINDA/FLUINT with Thermal Desktop.
- Develop and maintain system analysis documentation.
- Perform steady state & transient thermal analysis of spacecraft thermal systems and tracking system performance in ground ops, TVAC testing, launch, Earth orbit, and beyond Earth orbit environments.
- Provide thermal engineering leadership and support for developing thermal vacuum (TVAC) test procedures, scripts, and installation designs.
- Provide thermal engineering leadership and support for thermal hardware procurement, planning, procedural & operations support of Spacecraft assembly, integration & test (AI&T) efforts.
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
- Solid understanding of thermal fundamentals.
- 6+ years of experience designing, analyzing, and testing spacecraft thermal systems.
- Proficient in Thermal analysis, specifically in Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint, including model validation and test correlation.
- 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.