Senior Spacecraft Thermal Engineer

Blue Origin; Florida; On-site; USD 134,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid time off

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Thermal Engineer/Analyst to advance spacecraft thermal control systems. You will develop system-level models for transient analysis and support component-level work, collaborating with designers and systems engineers to ensure temperature control of electronics and assemblies.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, quality, and problem solving in a fast-paced environment. The team focuses on defining, developing, and applying thermal data to improve performance and

Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• 8 year relevant Thermal Engineering/Analysis experience with Thermal Desktop.
• Solid understanding of thermal fundamentals.
• Demonstrated thermal analysis skills.
• Familiarity with Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint, including model validation and test correlation.

Responsibilities

• Developing system-level thermal analysis models of spacecraft at varying levels of maturity and detail with minimal supervision
• Anchoring thermal predictions to test data
• Communicating and collaborating clearly and effectively with multiple teams both as a customer and provider of fluid and thermal data
• Documenting your work for future reference and later refinement
• Advocating for methods that will improve component and analysis performance and reliability

Skills

Thermal analysis

System modeling

Temperature prediction

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Tools

Thermal Desktop

Sinda/Fluint

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Thermal Engineer/Analyst to advance spacecraft thermal control systems. You will develop system-level models for transient analysis and support component-level work, collaborating with designers and systems engineers to ensure temperature control of electronics and assemblies.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, quality, and problem solving in a fast-paced environment. The team focuses on defining, developing, and applying thermal data to improve performance and