SENIOR THERMAL ENGINEER

Responsibilities

• Owning end-to-end thermal modeling strategy using tools such as NX, Simcenter, SINDA/Fluent, and Thermal Desktop
• Developing preliminary hand calculations and reduced-order models to inform early design trades before advancing to detailed simulations
• Accounting for all relevant heating environments — conduction, convection, radiation (solar, Earth IR, albedo), aerodynamic heating, free molecular heating, and transient mission effects
• Translating program requirements into actionable thermal design criteria and verification strategies
• Driving thermal support for Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) and environmental testing, including instrumentation strategy and data correlation
• Partnering across structures, materials, propulsion, manufacturing, and quality to develop producible, cost-effective thermal solutions
• Coinciding TPS design, material selection, and component-level thermal integration

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline
• 3+ years of experience in thermal/thermofluids analysis (thermophysics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, etc.)
• Experience using industry-standard thermal analysis tools such as NX/Simcenter, Thermal Desktop, SINDA, ANSYS
• Strong mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving skills grounded in mechanical engineering fundamentals
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance, thus US Citizenship is required

Qualifications

• Desired Skills: Experience modeling complex missile or aerospace thermal environments in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) across full mission profiles, expertise in integrating transient and steady-state data from cross-functional teams into high-fidelity models, experience coordinating with test teams to define instrumentation plans, conditioning approaches, and correlation strategies, proficiency performing 1D models and first-principles calculations (bulk temperatures, backside temperatures, ablation, erosion, etc.), experience influencing material selection and TPS design from a thermal performance perspective, strong executive-level communication skills with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Security Clearance Requirements

• ACTIVE SECRET

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM Discipline