Senior Spacecraft Thermal Design Engineer (Active Cooling)

Amazon Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC seeks a Sr. Thermal Design Engineer to lead active thermal control for space vehicles, delivering thermal analyses and recommendations to architects and subsystem leads.

The role requires extensive experience in thermal engineering for spacecraft, proficiency with Thermal Desktop/SINDA, Ansys, Python and Matlab, and hands-on testing and verification for production-ready hardware. Expect collaboration across interdisciplinary teams in Redmond, WA.

Qualifications

• Experience developing functional specs, verification plans and test procedures.
• 5+ years in thermal control of spacecraft with optimization for mass, cost, reliability, and performance.
• 3+ years with thermal simulation software (e.g., Thermal Desktop/SINDA, Ansys) and with Python/ Matlab.
• 3+ years in test planning, setup, results correlation and system verification for production.
• 3+ years experience in development or selection of passive and active thermal control hardware.

Responsibilities

• Support architectural trades with preliminary thermal analysis for orbital conditions and vehicle control options.
• Perform detailed analyses of active thermal control systems and hardware tradeoffs.
• Drive design optimization for mass, cost, reliability, and performance.
• Define, lead and execute thermal cycling and thermal vacuum tests at subsystem and vehicle levels.
• Assist procurement with sourcing strategies for required components.
• Define and select test equipment (TVAC, chambers, sensors, data logging).
• Conduct prototype testing for fast design feedback loops.
• Develop reliability plan to demonstrate lifetime of active components.
• Document trades and present results during design reviews.

Skills

Active thermal control

Thermal modeling

Python

Matlab

Thermal Desktop

Ansys

Test planning

Spacecraft hardware

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Tools

NX CAD

SolidWorks

Thermal Desktop

SINDA

Ansys

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC seeks a Sr. Thermal Design Engineer to lead active thermal control for space vehicles, delivering thermal analyses and recommendations to architects and subsystem leads.

The role requires extensive experience in thermal engineering for spacecraft, proficiency with Thermal Desktop/SINDA, Ansys, Python and Matlab, and hands-on testing and verification for production-ready hardware. Expect collaboration across interdisciplinary teams in Redmond, WA.