Senior Spacecraft Thermal Design Engineer (Equity)

Socket.dev; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunity

Comprehensive healthcare

PTO & holidays

401(k) with match

Parental leave

On-site lunch

Job summary

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to own the thermal design and performance of our spacecraft from concept through flight.

You will develop and validate spacecraft-level thermal models, and work with flight hardware and across engineering teams to take thermal systems from early design through integration, test, launch, and on-orbit operations. Responsibilities include developing models, performing analyses, planning reviews, and correlating data to improve accuracy and

Qualifications

• US Person status is required due to export-controlled data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain spacecraft-level thermal models using Ansys Thermal Desktop.
• Perform thermal analyses to evaluate spacecraft performance across mission environments.
• Develop thermal control solutions and drive thermal design decisions across spacecraft systems.
• Plan and execute thermal subsystem milestone reviews, including SRR, PDR, and CDR.
• Support thermal flight hardware integration, build, and test.
• Design, plan, and execute thermal vacuum testing at the component and spacecraft level.
• Correlate test and flight data to thermal models to improve model accuracy and performance predictions.
• Collaborate with mechanical, systems, avionics, and other engineering teams to meet spacecraft thermal requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Thermal engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Ansys Thermal Desktop

Siemens NX

Teamcenter

Job description

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to own the thermal design and performance of our spacecraft from concept through flight.

You will develop and validate spacecraft-level thermal models, and work with flight hardware and across engineering teams to take thermal systems from early design through integration, test, launch, and on-orbit operations. Responsibilities include developing models, performing analyses, planning reviews, and correlating data to improve accuracy and