Senior Thermal Design Engineer with Equity in Space Startup

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Parental leave

Equity

Job summary

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a specialized engineer to own the development, implementation, and testing of thermal control systems for spacecraft, spanning R&D and production. You will lead the design and verification of active and passive thermal control elements, including pump fluid loops, heat pipes, and associated ground support equipment, while ensuring manufacturability.

Your role includes partnering with design engineers early in the process to build the first prototype, define build

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with thermal test in a high-rate manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years of experience with sizing and testing fluid systems including pumps, valves, accumulators, heat exchangers, cold plates.
• Demonstrated experience with data acquisition for thermal and power applications.
• Experience with test plan development and execution.
• Strong experience with thermal and TVAC testing including setup, instrumentation, and troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of NX or AutoCAD to design test fixtures.

Responsibilities

• Work with lead engineers to design active and passive thermal control systems using basic heat transfer and mechanical equations to size lines, pumps, accumulators, and cold plates.
• Plan and develop thermal cycle and thermal-vacuum testing campaigns.
• Design and develop heater and cooling systems including control architecture.
• Set up, commission, and maintain state-of-the-art test stands and instrumentation.
• Develop data acquisition systems for active and passive thermal control systems.
• Perform tests on novel pump fluid loop including feed systems, power electronics, and hardware-in-the-loop.
• Develop testing and control scripts for safe, reliable test campaigns of pump fluid loop and components.
• Create formal documentation for development and production: test procedures, test reports, SOPs.
• Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical test setups and hardware.
• Document, compile, analyze, and present test data.

Skills

Thermal testing

Fluid systems sizing/testing

Data acquisition

Test plan development

TVAC testing

NX/AutoCAD

Tools

NX

AutoCAD

Job description

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a specialized engineer to own the development, implementation, and testing of thermal control systems for spacecraft, spanning R&D and production. You will lead the design and verification of active and passive thermal control elements, including pump fluid loops, heat pipes, and associated ground support equipment, while ensuring manufacturability.

Your role includes partnering with design engineers early in the process to build the first prototype, define build