Senior Thermal Engineer -- MA&T Lead

RTX; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 118,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX is seeking an experienced Principal Thermal Engineer to join the Mechanical Analysis and Test (MA&T) Department. You will perform detailed thermal analyses across product lifecycles, conduct hand calculations, and develop test plans to validate models.

You will lead and review analyses, plan tests, and support hardware qualification while coordinating with government customers. The role requires a Bachelor’s in STEM with 8+ years of experience and the ability to obtain a DoD secret

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience; An advanced degree may substitute for additional years of experience
• Experience in thermal analysis with FloTHERM, PATRAN, Thermal Desktop/SINDA or ANSYS or equivalent
• Experience in mechanical principles to solve classical thermal analysis solutions both inside and outside of finite element tools and an ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
• Demonstrated experience in thermal testing: Planning, organization, execution, data reduction and correlation
• Demonstrated experience in leading a team of thermal analysts on major program efforts
• Ability to obtain a U.S. government issued security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required

Responsibilities

• Perform Hand Calculations to determine scope of higher detail analysis models
• Perform detailed thermal analyses to solve various program thermal challenges
• Generate test plans required to validate analyses and verify hardware compliance to customer requirements
• Analyze test data to validate and correlate models
• Work with experienced analysts on problems of moderate complexity to provide the answers needed under program cost and schedule constraints
• Review your work with peers to ensure technical accuracy
• Present results to internal, external, and government customers
• Generate detailed documentation of work and archive for reference
• Act as a technical leader and/or lead analysis/test teams

Skills

Thermal analysis

Hand calculations

Independence/multi-priority

Peer review

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

FloTHERM

PATRAN

Thermal Desktop/SINDA

ANSYS

CREO

Job description

RTX is seeking an experienced Principal Thermal Engineer to join the Mechanical Analysis and Test (MA&T) Department. You will perform detailed thermal analyses across product lifecycles, conduct hand calculations, and develop test plans to validate models.

You will lead and review analyses, plan tests, and support hardware qualification while coordinating with government customers. The role requires a Bachelor’s in STEM with 8+ years of experience and the ability to obtain a DoD secret