Senior Spacecraft Thermal Analysis Engineer

Varda Space Industries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term cash awards

Job summary

Varda Space Industries is seeking a Senior Thermal Analysis Engineer to lead thermal system architectures for our space vehicles. You will collaborate with hardware, production, software, and mission ops to ensure health and performance across all mission phases.

Your work includes modeling, data processing workflows, and driving efficient thermal solutions as we scale vehicle cadence. A proactive, detail-oriented engineer will thrive here.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related discipline; 3–6+ years preferred.
• Experience developing passive and active thermal control systems.
• Proficiency with Thermal Desktop and SINDA/FLUINT required.
• Ability to anchor models to test/flight data and plan TVac tests.
• Strong communication across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated thermal analysis models for space vehicles.
• Create tools for model and flight data processing.
• Ensure spacecraft stay within operating and survival limits via passive/active control.
• Collaborate to drive hardware/software and ops improvements.
• Plan, execute, and anchor models to TVac testing.
• Guide vehicle level testing and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Thermal analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

MATLAB

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical/Aerospace

Tools

Thermal Desktop

SINDA/FLUINT

TVac testing

Job description

Varda Space Industries is seeking a Senior Thermal Analysis Engineer to lead thermal system architectures for our space vehicles. You will collaborate with hardware, production, software, and mission ops to ensure health and performance across all mission phases.

Your work includes modeling, data processing workflows, and driving efficient thermal solutions as we scale vehicle cadence. A proactive, detail-oriented engineer will thrive here.