Senior Thermal Engineer

📋 Description

• Define the thermal control architecture — trade passive, heat pipe, and pumped fluid loop approaches, radiator sizing and placement
• Perform system-level and component-level thermal analysis for the satellite bus across all payload configurations
• Address the high-power thermal challenge — Nvidia compute module heat rejection requirements
• Contribute first-order thermal models to design, simulation, and digital twin tools; validate using Thermal Desktop
• Own the thermal budget across orbital conditions
• Plan TVAC test campaigns — define chamber requirements, test profiles, success criteria

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related
• 6+ years of spacecraft or aerospace thermal engineering experience
• Spacecraft thermal control design and analysis experience — passive and active systems
• Built and correlated thermal models for flight hardware
• Experience with high-power / high-dissipation thermal challenges
• Experience across multiple thermal analysis tools (Thermal Desktop, SINDA, ESATAN, or equivalent)

🎁 Benefits

• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• Generous paid time off and vacation policy
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• ClassPass credits and mental health support