Lead Thermal Systems Analyst – Spacecraft for Moon Missions

Blue Origin LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle, WA seeks an experienced Thermal Analysis Engineer to drive system-level analyses for the Thermal Subsystem of the Lunar Permanence program. You will own end-to-end thermal modeling and coordinate with Thermal Systems Engineers and vehicle teams to ensure robust designs across mission phases.

The role requires expert use of Thermal Desktop and Sinda, deep first-principle heat transfer knowledge, and a track record in aerospace thermal hardware. U.S.

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 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.

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.
• Ensure consistency between detailed and simplified models.
• Understand subsystem scope responsibility and advocate against scope creep.
• Lead and mentor early-career analysis engineers.

Skills

Thermal analysis

Thermal Desktop/Sinda

Heat transfer

System modeling

Mentoring

U.S. citizenship

Education

B.S. in mechanical or aerospace engineering

M.S./PhD preferred

Tools

Thermal Desktop

Sinda

Fluint

Job description

Blue Origin in Seattle, WA seeks an experienced Thermal Analysis Engineer to drive system-level analyses for the Thermal Subsystem of the Lunar Permanence program. You will own end-to-end thermal modeling and coordinate with Thermal Systems Engineers and vehicle teams to ensure robust designs across mission phases.

The role requires expert use of Thermal Desktop and Sinda, deep first-principle heat transfer knowledge, and a track record in aerospace thermal hardware. U.S.