Senior Thermal Engineer

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with Thermal Modeling and/or Analysis
• Experience reviewing/understanding System Requirements
• Experience participating in multidisciplinary design reviews (DDRs, CDRs)

Job Description

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security, and our humanity. While others view space as a destination, we see it as a realm of possibilities, where we can do more — we can innovate, invest, inspire, and integrate our capabilities to transform the future.

At Lockheed Martin Space, we aim to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future-ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world. We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation. And we’re reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Your Responsibilities

• Execute thermal-analysis activities for aerospace and defense systems under the guidance of senior thermal leads
• Develop thermal models, perform steady-state and transient heat-transfer analyses
• Support design decisions for propulsion subsystem and cooling solutions
• Work with system and subsystem engineers to incorporate thermal constraints early in the design cycle
• Provide thermal sizing recommendations for subsystem
• Assist in defining test-article requirements, instrumentation layout, and test-procedure development for thermal ground-test and flight-test campaigns
• Compare test data to predictions, update models, and document correlation results
• Produce clear analysis reports, design briefs, and risk-mitigation documents following LM standards
• Maintain configuration-controlled CAE files and analysis templates
• Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews (DDRs) and present findings to senior engineers and program managers
• Provide technical guidance to junior analysts when needed
• Stay current with emerging thermal-analysis methods, software releases, and industry standards
• Contribute to internal best-practice repositories and knowledge-share sessions