Thermal Analysis Engineer
Role Overview
Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities.
Offerings include:
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off and holidays
Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
Educational reimbursement
Parental leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Tax-saving options
Disability and life insurance
Pet insurance
Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements.
Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.
Key Skills for This Role
Full Job Posting
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain simplified to high‐fidelity thermal models using Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, and related tools.
- Perform steady‐state and transient thermal analyses for spacecraft components, subsystems, and integrated vehicle configurations.
- Evaluate thermal performance across mission phases, including ascent, cruise, lunar orbit, surface operations, and off‐nominal scenarios.
- Perform thermal sensitivity studies in support of vendor vehicle designs, GFE designs or requirement development.
- Support thermal verification and validation activities, including test planning, thermal vacuum testing, data analysis, and model correlation.
- Collaborate with design teams to optimize PTCS and ATCS architectures.
- Provide guidance on thermal design considerations and ensure compliance with NASA requirements and best practices.
- Participate in design reviews, technical interchange meetings, and anomaly investigations.
- Review NASA and vendor thermal designs for technical accuracy and requirement compliance.
- Document analysis results, prepare technical reports, and present findings to internal stakeholders and NASA customers.
- Support integration with systems engineering, mission operations, and hardware development teams throughout the engineering lifecycle.
Qualifications
- External
- Requisition Qualifications:
- This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2- 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
- Experience with thermal analysis tools such as Thermal Desktop, COMSOL, ANSYS Fluent, or similar industry‐standard software.
- Strong understanding of heat transfer principles and spacecraft thermal environments.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple technical disciplines.
- Ability to assess and validate thermal designs for technical accuracy and compliance with requirements
- Requisition Preferences:
- Typically 5-10 years of relevant engineering experience.
- BS degree in engineering and at least five years of direct engineering experience.
- Familiarity with NASA JSC organizations, processes, and procedures.
- Experience with PTCS or ATCS hardware design, analysis, testing, certification, or operations.
- Proficiency with Thermal Desktop is strongly preferred.
- Proven experience performing thermal analysis and design for aerospace systems.
- Familiarity with the Engineering Life Cycle and requirements verification processes.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate support from a wide range of technical disciplines.
- Demonstrate strong leadership by fostering collaboration, driving clear technical direction, and contributing to a culture of accountability and high‐quality engineering.
- Why Join Our Team?
- In addition to exciting career opportunities, we also have:
- Excellent personal and professional career growth
- 9/80 work schedule (every other Friday off), when applicable
- Onsite cafeteria (breakfast & lunch)
- Much, much more!
- For more information on our partnership with NASA at Johnson Space Center (JSC), please visit www.wehavespaceforyou.com
- Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency may be a requirement for this position.
- Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
- Management has the prerogative to select at any level for which the position is advertised.
- Essential Functions
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency with Thermal Desktop is strongly preferred.
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