Lunar Thermal CFD Analyst — Heat Transfer for Spacecraft

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 20%

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Thermal Engineer for the Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team to advance lunar lander hardware with a focus on heat transfer and thermal analyses. You will help design, analyze, and test thermal systems for lunar spacecraft.

You will collaborate with mechanical, systems, and software teams to validate models against test data and support build, test, and verification activities. A BS in mechanical or aerospace engineering and 3+ years of experience are required.

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 spacecraft hardware.
• Experience designing, sizing, building, and/or testing hardware.

Responsibilities

• Apply heat transfer and CFD expertise to lunar vehicle architectures.
• Contribute to hardware development, build, test, and verification.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver safe human spaceflight hardware.

Skills

Heat transfer

CFD simulation

Thermal analysis

CAD (Creo)

Python scripting

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

B.S. in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

Creo

Thermal Desktop

FloCAD

Ansys Fluent

MATLAB

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Thermal Engineer for the Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team to advance lunar lander hardware with a focus on heat transfer and thermal analyses. You will help design, analyze, and test thermal systems for lunar spacecraft.

You will collaborate with mechanical, systems, and software teams to validate models against test data and support build, test, and verification activities. A BS in mechanical or aerospace engineering and 3+ years of experience are required.