Lead Thermal Analysis Engineer - Spacecraft Systems

Blue Origin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Education Support Program

Job summary

Blue Origin in Los Angeles is seeking a highly experienced Thermal Analysis Lead to own system-level thermal analysis across the Lunar Permanence subsystem. You will build and integrate models, drive design recommendations, and collaborate with Thermal Systems Engineers and vehicle teams to ensure robust thermal performance through all mission phases.

You will mentor early-career engineers, enforce version-controlled workflows, and advance modeling standards for quick, accurate trade studies in

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• 10 years of relevant Thermal Analysis experience using Thermal Desktop/Sinda.
• Advanced knowledge of first-principle heat transfer and its application to spaceflight systems.
• In-depth knowledge of spacecraft thermal hardware, including their performance characteristics and limitations.
• Expert-level proficiency in thermal analysis using Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint.
• Experience in thermal system requirement verification via analysis products.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Responsibilities

• Drive the approach and quality of the system-level thermal analysis for the Thermal Subsystem.
• Own the delivery of thermal analysis of the spacecraft system including when interfacing with other vehicles.
• Develop and maintain approaches and processes for consistent modeling standards and system model integration.
• Support the thermal design and architecture of the vehicle in coordination with Thermal Systems Engineers, Thermal design scope owners, and vehicle subsystem counterparts.
• Build thermal models in Thermal Desktop/Sinda based on inputs from external teams.
• Integrate submodels from multiple contributing thermal analysts into a detailed system model.
• Understand driving thermal requirements and environments and their relationship across the vehicle and thermal subsystem.
• Manage complete analysis case set matrix as well as identifying driving/bounding cases for minimum viable analysis case sets.
• Develop logic blocks to model components of the thermal control architecture.
• Predict and review spacecraft component temperatures and heater power across all mission phases and drive design recommendations.
• Identify non-compliances to thermal requirements and drive them to resolution.
• Perform trade studies and optimizations of thermal design solutions and collaborate with external teams on the trade offs.
• Document thermal analysis results and present at internal review boards and program gated reviews.
• Enforce model version control process to ensure proper review and consistent model use for generating thermal predictions.
• Develop and evaluate the quality of simplified system models to perform analysis trade studies requiring quick turnaround times.
• Understand subsystem scope responsibility and advocate against scope creep.
• Lead and mentor early-career analysis engineers.

Skills

Thermal analysis experience

ThermalDesktop

Sinda/Fluint

Heat transfer fundamentals

Modeling standards

Education

B.S. in mechanical or aerospace engineering

M.S. or PhD in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

Thermal Desktop

Sinda

Job description

Blue Origin in Los Angeles is seeking a highly experienced Thermal Analysis Lead to own system-level thermal analysis across the Lunar Permanence subsystem. You will build and integrate models, drive design recommendations, and collaborate with Thermal Systems Engineers and vehicle teams to ensure robust thermal performance through all mission phases.

You will mentor early-career engineers, enforce version-controlled workflows, and advance modeling standards for quick, accurate trade studies in