Mechanical Engineer II - Space Systems & Thermal, Flexible

Lockheed Martin Corporation; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking an Aeronautical Engineer to join the Fleet Ballistic Missile program, performing thermal analysis on subsystems and components to ensure reliability and readiness of space systems.

Join a world-class team addressing complex thermal challenges, modernizing environments, and delivering rigorous modeling and documentation for program leadership and customers across sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in thermodynamics, heat transfer, aeroheating, or material properties.
• Experience analyzing thermal systems and subsystems.
• Ability to relate operating environments to thermal responses.
• Experience with Thermal Desktop or NX Thermal.
• Strong mathematical, analytic and data processing skills.
• US citizenship and ability to obtain Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Perform subsystem- and system-level thermal analysis for the FBM D5LE2 program.
• Modernize legacy thermal environments to inform missile hardware design.
• Support post-test analysis for various test projects.
• Own computational, physics-based modeling and simulations from start to finish.
• Correlate model results to subsystem and system requirements and support design teams and risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with multiple engineering fields across sites.
• Present findings to internal and external customers and stakeholders.
• Support internal peer reviews.
• Provide documentation to support key discussions and program milestones.

Skills

Thermodynamics

Heat transfer

Aeroheating

Material properties

Thermal analysis

Data processing

Top Secret clearance

US citizenship

Tools

Thermal Desktop

NX Thermal

Job description

Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking an Aeronautical Engineer to join the Fleet Ballistic Missile program, performing thermal analysis on subsystems and components to ensure reliability and readiness of space systems.

Join a world-class team addressing complex thermal challenges, modernizing environments, and delivering rigorous modeling and documentation for program leadership and customers across sites.