Thermal Hardware Engineer II - Lunar Permanence

About the role

As a key member of the Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team, you will apply your thermal hardware expertise to Blue Origin’s lunar vehicle architectures. You will contribute to a team of thermal engineers developing breakthrough thermal hardware for lunar landers and shepherding those designs through build, test, and verification. The role demands technical excellence, leadership, and a commitment to quality that directly advances safe human spaceflight. Passion for the company’s mission and vision is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design, size, build, and test spacecraft thermal hardware such as heat exchangers, cold plates, radiators, and related components
• Drive thermal designs through build, test, and verification phases for lunar lander systems
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver verified thermal solutions
• Apply heat transfer and fluid system fundamentals to solve spacecraft thermal challenges

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 3+ years of relevant thermal engineering experience
• Strong grasp of heat transfer and fluid system fundamentals
• Familiarity with heat exchangers, cold plates, radiators, and other common spacecraft hardware
• Demonstrated experience designing, sizing, building, and testing hardware
• Understanding of aerospace hardware verification and validation processes
• Moderate experience with CAD software; preferably Creo
• Familiarity with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation methods for component-level analysis
• Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams to deliver results

Desired

• M.S. or Ph.D. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 5+ years of relevant aerospace experience
• Solid understanding of pumped fluid loop hardware (pumps, cold plates, radiators, valves, heat exchangers) and semi-passive devices (sensors, heaters)
• Familiarity with relevant standards such as AS9100D, ASME, SAE, AWS, and ANSI Y14.5
• Experience solving a variety of thermal problems demonstrating breadth in application
• Vendor technical management experience
• Design for manufacturability and assembly experience
• Experience developing component specifications
• Demonstrated experience in Creo modeling and drawing creation
• Familiarity with Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint, including model validation and test correlation
• Experience with CFD optimization of cold plates, heat exchangers, and radiators
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools experience

Base Pay Range

Base pay varies by work location:

• California: $107,136 – $149,990.40
• Colorado: $98,208 – $137,491.20
• Washington: $107,136 – $149,990.40
• Other site ranges may differ

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Stock options for regular employees (20+ hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays