Job Description

The Structural & Thermal-Fluids Engineering Group provides innovative multidisciplinary engineering solutions though the development of advanced mechanical and aerospace technologies. The Group requires a thermal engineer to support the design, analysis, and testing of prototype systems. These systems span a range of potential environments from ground, underwater, airborne, and space for national security applications. Systems feature high power dissipating components such as laser terminals, RF components, and computing platforms. Job Description:
Significant experience with developing thermal architectures for space based systems, including a background with modeling and simulation of the space environment, orbital analysis, as well as hardware characterization testing is desired. The successful candidate will be part of an interdisciplinary engineering team contributing to the development of operational prototype hardware, spanning the full program life cycle from concept development to on-orbit test. The position require ability to be approved for top secret security clearance and may require occasional travel to meetings and field sites. Leads thermal design efforts and architecture definition for satellites and space-based payloads. Conducts thermal analysis using finite difference / finite element models, and plans and executes thermal tests to support model correlation and requirements verification. Specific analyses to include thermal radiator sizing and placement, architectures for cooling high powered components, tracking of component thermal margins against requirements, and assessing transient behavior of thermal systems in the space environment. Ability to perform hand calculations in conjunction with utilization of CAD and thermal analysis software. Experience with specialized industry tools. Must Have:
• Strong background in thermal engineering, thermal architecture design, analysis, and test for space systems
• Demonstratable experience specifically using thermal modeling software (ANSYS, COMSOL, Thermal Desktop, ICEPAK) to support development of space systems
• Seeking candidates with 10+ years of experience
• Ability to work independently on multiple, fast-paced programs in parallel
• Masters Degree
• Experience with Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test design and execution Other:
Work Location: Hybrid - Candidate should expect to be initially onsite 4-5 days for the first 6 months. The onsite presence will be 3-4 days/wk onsite. Clearance: Secret clearance sufficient to start. Candidate will need to be cleared up to a Top Secret SCI level. Interview Process: Initial pre-screen with hiring manager. If candidate advances, next round will be larger group technical interview. The second-round interview may be onsite if the candidate is currently local.

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