Thermal/Fluid Analysis Subject Matter Expert

About the Role

TriVector Services, Inc. provides quality aerospace engineering solutions to complex problems through a renowned team of engineering professionals. We are a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned, SBA-certified Small Business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Our experienced team is dedicated to building lasting partnerships based on professional integrity and sound engineering principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop Thermal Desktop® heat transfer with fluid flow models of propulsion systems and components operating in terrestrial, space, and lunar surface environments.
• Collaborate with prime contractors to define propulsion system design and component operational environment requirements.
• Review propulsion system analysis and test documentation delivered by program prime contractors for compliance with applicable standards and requirements.
• Attend program milestone reviews to verify compliance with entry/exit/success criteria, document discrepancies, and collaborate with prime contractors to develop corrective action.
• Define thermal and/or thermal vacuum environment test requirements, develop test plans, process test data, and document results in test reports.
• Validate computational analysis models using ground and flight test data.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen and have a STAR ID.
• Bachelor of Science in engineering from an ABET accredited university and a minimum of 30 years of professional practice is required. Education may be considered in lieu of experience: minimum 28 years with a Master's degree and 24 years with a Doctorate degree.
• Experience with conjugate heat transfer and fluid mechanics modeling using Thermal Desktop®.
• Experience in the development of Fortran language routines to implement customized thermal and fluid environment calculations in Thermal Desktop® models.
• Proficiency using Microsoft 365 applications for technical writing and presentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• A master’s and/or doctorate degree is preferred.
• Licensure as a Professional Engineer is desirable.
• Reaction Control System design and operation experience is desirable.
• Finite element modeling using Ansys, Patran, or Femap is a plus.
• Test and flight data processing and visualization using MS Excel, NASA WinPlot, Matlab, Python, etc. is desired.
• Familiarity with NASA, DoD, and industry standards and specifications is preferred.

TriVector Services, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.