Senior Space Thermal Engineer — Lead On-Orbit Design

Gravitics; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 145,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravitics is looking for a Staff Thermal Engineer to own thermal design and integration for orbital structures from concept to on-orbit operations. You will write architectures, requirements, and roadmaps, and lead detailed thermal analyses while coordinating with internal teams and external customers.

The role requires deep space thermal expertise, strong communication, and mentorship skills, with opportunities to influence proposals and funding initiatives across Civil, Commercial, and Defense

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university.
• 9+ years of post-baccalaureate thermal design, analysis, test, and troubleshooting experience.
• Extensive space industry experience designing thermal systems from concept through manufacturing, test, and deployment.
• System architecture design experience.
• Expert-level proficiency in Thermal Desktop or Siemens Simcenter.
• Experience with design in Siemens NX.
• Experience with thermal chamber testing in both ambient and vacuum environments.
• Extensive hands-on experience with data acquisition instrumentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presenting at design reviews.
• Candidates must be willing to work on Civil, Commercial, and Defense-related projects.

Responsibilities

• Own thermal design and integration for orbital structures, from concept through on-orbit operations.
• Write and maintain system architectures, requirements documents, and development roadmaps.
• Perform component selection and coarse and detailed thermal analysis.
• Manage thermal interface requirements for internal teams and external customers.
• Supervise contract or in-house manufacturing of thermal hardware.
• Design and support test and qualification campaigns including thermal chamber testing.
• Present work products confidently at engineering design reviews to internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to proposals, funding opportunities, and research initiatives.
• Mentor junior engineers and actively develop team capabilities.

Skills

Communication skills

Public speaking

Mentoring

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Thermal Desktop

Siemens Simcenter

Siemens NX

Data acquisition

Job description

Gravitics is looking for a Staff Thermal Engineer to own thermal design and integration for orbital structures from concept to on-orbit operations. You will write architectures, requirements, and roadmaps, and lead detailed thermal analyses while coordinating with internal teams and external customers.

The role requires deep space thermal expertise, strong communication, and mentorship skills, with opportunities to influence proposals and funding initiatives across Civil, Commercial, and Defense