Thermomechanical engineer

Blackshark; Toulouse; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Aerospacelab in Toulouse seeks a Thermomechanical Solution Engineer to own mechanical, thermal and system constraints for future satellite platforms, from concept to final assembly with the project team. You will run concept trade-offs, produce drawings and interface files, validate designs through testing, and collaborate with sales and suppliers.

English fluency and 5+ years in aerospace CAD/structure/thermal modelling are required.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in aerospace CAD design with hands-on structure and/or thermal modelling.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Willingness to challenge the European space industry statu quo.

Responsabilités

• Understand customers constraints and wishes to provide sound early concepts.
• Translate those concepts into engineering constraints (mechanical, thermal, EE, RF, AOCS,…) and come up with spacecraft accommodations.
• Perform concept trade-off, carry out overall design studies and validate the product through extensive testing.
• Validate the design product and prepare its industrialization: configuration, drawings, stack-up analysis, material and treatments.
• Define interface files and validation of the integration with suppliers and/or launch authority.
• Support the testing activities: assembly, structural and thermal FE validation and prediction, Ground Support Equipment definition.

Connaissances

Aerospace CAD design

Structure modelling

Thermal modelling

Manufacturing technologies

Excellent communication

Fluency in English

Description du poste

About Aerospacelab

Our mission is supported by an ambitious vertically integrated approach: design & manufacture of small satellites combined with development of earth observation services.

Since its creation in 2018, the company has already grown substantially. Our team gathers more than 25 engineering expertise, from hardware design to software development & data science.

In 2025, Aerospacelab counts offices in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Lausanne (Switzerland) and US West Coast with more than 200 full-time employees, with the ambition to position itself as the European leader in small satellites.

Role overview

As thermomechanical solution engineer, you will encompass the mechanical aspects of our future platforms, dealing hands-on with structural, thermal and system constraints to bring up the best solution for our customers. Those solutions are first to be found through swift concept study iterations, in close coordination with the sales team, then detailed and brought to life through pragmatic detailed design with the rest of the project team.

You will therefore join an efficient team that works on cutting-edge satellite from their inception to their final assembly: our activities range from performing the concept trade-offs and the overall design studies to the validation of the product through extensive testing.

Key activities

• Understand customers constraints and wishes to provide sound early concepts
• Translate those concepts into engineering constraints (mechanical, thermal, EE, RF, AOCS,…) and come up with spacecraft accommodations
• Perform concept trade-off, carry out overall design studies and validate the product through extensive testing
• Validate the design product and prepare its industrialization: configuration, drawings, stack-up analysis, material and treatments
• Define interface files and validation of the integration with suppliers and/or launch authority
• Support the testing activities: assembly, structural and thermal FE validation and prediction, Ground Support Equipment definition,...

Must have

Communication, solution oriented, fast learner

• At least 5 years of experience in aerospace CAD design, along with hands-on experience in structure and/or thermal modelling. Good knowledge of manufacturing technologies and drawings
• Excellent communication skills
• Fast learner
• Result-oriented
• Fluency in English
• Willingness to challenge the European space industry statu quo

Nice to have

• Experience in RF / telecom
• Experience in spacecraft system engineering