Starlink Satellite Thermal Engineer

SpaceX; Redmond; On-site; AUD 143,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Employee shuttle

Job summary

SpaceX in Redmond is seeking a Thermal Engineer, Satellites (Starlink) to lead the thermal design, testing, and validation of satellite hardware and custom chips. You will drive temperature analyses, develop robust models, and validate designs with ground and orbital data to maximize Starlink performance.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering and at least one year of industry experience, with hands-on experience in chip thermal design tools and simulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• 1y+ industry experience (internships/co-ops can apply).

Responsibilities

• Thermal design of satellite components, from initial high-level analysis down to validation of performance with ground tests and orbital data.
• Thermal design of semiconductor packages, from high level concepts to detail thermal simulations and lab testing.
• Devise, build and run tests to validate the performance of the hardware in extreme conditions.
• Automate workflow to reduce engineering investment in the design cycle.
• Pursue performance/robustness improvements.
• Pursue operational simplicity and seek to reduce burden on other groups at SpaceX.
• Produce quality documentation of your work to reduce miss-rate and improve efficiency.
• Review peer work

Skills

Thermal design

Flotherm/Icepak

Thermal Desktop

ANSYS Workbench

3D thermal modeling

Scripting languages

Scientific programming

Communication skills

Project scheduling

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Flotherm

Icepak

Thermal Desktop

ANSYS Workbench

Job description

SpaceX in Redmond is seeking a Thermal Engineer, Satellites (Starlink) to lead the thermal design, testing, and validation of satellite hardware and custom chips. You will drive temperature analyses, develop robust models, and validate designs with ground and orbital data to maximize Starlink performance.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in engineering and at least one year of industry experience, with hands-on experience in chip thermal design tools and simulations.