Space-Grade Mechanical & Thermal RF Engineer

SWISSto12 SA; Lausanne; Hybrid; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SWISSto12 SA in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeks an experienced engineer for structural and thermal analysis of spacecraft electronics and major sub-assemblies. The role involves creating and validating FE models, running static, dynamic, and thermal simulations, and supporting hardware development through testing and analysis correlations.

Candidates should have 3+ years in aerospace structural and thermal analysis, proficiency with FE tools, and an ability to work across multidisciplinary teams in

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of professional experience in structural and thermal design and analysis of spacecraft electronics or equivalent high-performance systems.

Responsibilities

• Define, perform, validate, and document structural and thermal analyses using classical methods and finite element approaches.
• Build and post-process detailed finite element models of sub-assemblies under static, dynamic, and thermal loads.
• Support hardware development and testing with test plans, predictions, and post-test correlations.
• Collaborate with design and systems engineers to iterate designs using design-by-analysis approaches.
• Review mechanical and thermal specs to establish relevant analysis and test plans.
• Contribute to technical discussions with customers, suppliers, and multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Structural analysis

Thermal analysis

Spacecraft electronics

FEM tools

Tools

Hypermesh

FEMAP

Ansys Mechanical

ESATAN-TMS

Thermal Desktop

OptiStruct

Job description

SWISSto12 SA in Lausanne, Switzerland, seeks an experienced engineer for structural and thermal analysis of spacecraft electronics and major sub-assemblies. The role involves creating and validating FE models, running static, dynamic, and thermal simulations, and supporting hardware development through testing and analysis correlations.

Candidates should have 3+ years in aerospace structural and thermal analysis, proficiency with FE tools, and an ability to work across multidisciplinary teams in