Senior Thermal Engineer/MTS

The Position

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop advanced spacecraft, robotics, and space infrastructure systems for LEO, GEO, Lunar, and planetary environments.
• Lead the design, development, implementation, verification, and validation of thermal control systems and thermal architectures for complex aerospace programs.
• Define thermal engineering strategies that balance technical performance, reliability, manufacturability, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Lead thermal analyses including steady-state, transient, orbital, thermal balance, thermal distortion, and heater sizing assessments.
• Define technical work packages and provide technical direction to cross-functional teams and thermal engineering specialists supporting complex development programs.
• Review and interpret customer specifications and requirements and serve as a primary customer technical interface for thermal engineering activities.
• Participate in project planning, scheduling, business development initiatives, proposal preparation, and engineering cost estimation activities.
• Serve as the recognized technical authority for thermal engineering across programs, providing expert consultation, technical direction, and independent review of critical engineering decisions.
• Develop innovative thermal methodologies and technical solutions to complex engineering challenges where established company processes, standards, or industry precedents do not exist.
• Lead thermal risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, and resolution activities throughout the program lifecycle.
• Define and lead thermal verification programs, including thermal vacuum testing, thermal balance testing, model correlation, validation, and certification activities.
• Lead a team of thermal engineers, coordinating their work, mentor engineers and drive thermal engineering process improvements, standards development, technology roadmaps, and best-practice implementation across programs and products.
• Experience in a major CAD tool (such as NX, Pro-E, Catia or Solidworks).

Job Requirements

• Interested candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or related field. Master’s degree is preferred.
• 10+ years of thermal engineering experience in aerospace, spacecraft, robotics, or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience acting as a thermal lead, technical authority, or discipline specialist on major aerospace development programs.
• Ability of working under tight schedule and pressure.
• Experience in the design of thermal control systems and analysis for spacecraft would be considered an asset.
• Fluent in thermal analysis tools such as Thermal Desktop, NX Space Systems Thermal, ANSYS Thermal, or equivalent.

Comments/Special Considerations

Equal Opportunity Statement