Principal Thermal Design Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Mechanical teams to develop passive and active thermal control hardware for the spacecraft including radiators, heaters, heat pipes, and surface coating
• Partner with Avionics teams to develop thermal models and thermal tests for electronic assemblies
• Work with the GNC teams to define and thermally analyze nominal and contingency cases for in-orbit operations of the spacecraft
• Develop and maintain thermal models for spacecraft and sub-components using Thermal Desktop and Ansys
• Interface with vendors and launcher providers to understand their design and translate it into thermal-related requirements
• Automate data analysis to support architectural trades effectively
• Set up and execute thermal testing ranging from development to qualification

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with satellite thermal design and analysis
• Demonstrated experience with radiative and conductive thermal modeling of spacecraft systems using Thermal Desktop
• Experience with selection, sizing, and design of thermal control hardware including heat pipes, heaters, stickers, OSR, thermal straps, thermal paints, tapes, MLI, TEC
• Experience with thermal cycling and thermal vacuum testing including predictions, setup, instrumentation and thermal model correlation
• Nice to Have: Experience with full-vehicle thermal vacuum testing and model correlation, spacecraft thermal design optimized for cost, reliability, performance and manufacturability, spacecraft primary radiator design and analysis, familiarity with SMC-S016 standard or equivalent, experience with Python, C/C++, or Matlab for thermal modeling and automated data analysis