Lunar Spacecraft Thermal CFD Analyst

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 20%

Job summary

Blue Origin's Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team seeks a Thermal Engineer to provide thermal analysis for lunar vehicle architectures, driving designs from concept through build, test, and verification.

With a BS in mechanical or aerospace engineering and 3+ years in thermal engineering, you will apply heat transfer and CFD methods, work with Creo and other tools, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver safe, reliable spaceflight hardware.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
• 3+ years of relevant Thermal Engineering experience
• Strong grasp of heat transfer and fluid system fundamentals
• Familiarity with heat exchangers, cold plates, radiators, and other common spacecraft hardware
• Experience designing, sizing, building, and/or testing hardware
• Basic experience with CAD software; preferably Creo
• Experience with computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation methods for component-level analysis
• Experience with thermal analysis software tools such as Thermal Desktop, FloCAD, MATLAB, Python scripting, CFD++, Ansys Fluent
• Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams to deliver results

Responsibilities

• Provide thermal analysis to lunar vehicle architectures.
• Contribute to a team developing groundbreaking thermal hardware for lunar landers and drive designs through build, test, and verification.
• Apply your technical leadership and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight.

Skills

Heat transfer

Fluid systems

Cross-functional teamwork

CFD simulation

Thermal analysis

CAD Creo

Test hardware development

Python scripting

MATLAB

Ansys Fluent

Education

B.S. in mechanical or aerospace engineering

M.S./Ph.D. or related field

Tools

Creo

Thermal Desktop

FloCAD

MATLAB

Python scripting

CFD++

Ansys Fluent

Job description

Blue Origin's Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team seeks a Thermal Engineer to provide thermal analysis for lunar vehicle architectures, driving designs from concept through build, test, and verification.

With a BS in mechanical or aerospace engineering and 3+ years in thermal engineering, you will apply heat transfer and CFD methods, work with Creo and other tools, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver safe, reliable spaceflight hardware.