Lunar Thermal CFD Engineer

Blue Origin; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 98,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 20%

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Thermal Engineer to join the Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team, applying your expertise to thermal analysis across lunar vehicle architectures. You will work on heat transfer challenges for the Blue Moon landers, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable hardware.

The role emphasizes building, testing, and verifying thermal hardware while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, and mission success in a fast-paced aerospace environment in

Qualifications

• BS in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• 3+ years of thermal engineering experience.
• Strong grasp of heat transfer and fluid fundamentals.
• Familiarity with heat exchangers, cold plates, radiators, and related hardware.
• Experience designing, sizing, building, and testing hardware.
• Basic CAD experience; Creo preferred.
• CFD methods for component-level analysis.
• Experience with Thermal Desktop, FloCAD, MATLAB, Python, CFD++, Ansys Fluint.
• Cross-functional teamwork to deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Provide thermal analysis expertise to Lunar vehicle architectures.
• Contribute to a team of Thermal Engineers developing lunar lander hardware.
• Drive designs through build, test, and verification.
• Apply technical leadership and a strong commitment to quality for safe human spaceflight.

Skills

Heat transfer fundamentals

Fluid systems fundamentals

CFD methods

Thermal analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

First-principles modeling

Education

B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

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

Tools

Creo

CFD++

Ansys Fluint

Thermal Desktop

FloCAD

MATLAB

Python scripting

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Thermal Engineer to join the Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team, applying your expertise to thermal analysis across lunar vehicle architectures. You will work on heat transfer challenges for the Blue Moon landers, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable hardware.

The role emphasizes building, testing, and verifying thermal hardware while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, and mission success in a fast-paced aerospace environment in