Senior Thermal Engineer - Onsite Tucson, Secret Clearance

RTX; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX is seeking a mid-level Senior Thermal Engineer to join the MA&T team in Tucson, AZ. The Thermal Engineer is responsible for detailed thermal analysis on products throughout their lifecycle, from initial design trade studies and proposals through qualification testing to production support, using hand calculations and finite element methods.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in STEM and 5+ years of experience; proficiency with ANSYS, PATRAN, or Thermal Desktop/SINDA; ability to obtain

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience; Master’s degree may substitute for additional years of experience.
• Experience in thermal analysis with ANSYS, PATRAN, or Thermal Desktop/SINDA or equivalent.
• Experience in mechanical principles to solve classical thermal analysis solutions and work independently with multiple priorities.
• Experience in thermal testing: Planning, organization, execution, data reduction and correlation.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. government issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Perform hand calculations to determine the scope of higher detail analysis models.
• Perform detailed thermal analyses to solve 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 and present results to internal, external, and government customers.
• May travel to government and other facilities in support of program activities.
• Generate detailed documentation of work and archive for reference.
• Act as a technical leader and/or lead analysis/test teams.

Skills

Thermal analysis

ANSYS

PATRAN

Thermal Desktop/SINDA

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

CREO

Job description

RTX is seeking a mid-level Senior Thermal Engineer to join the MA&T team in Tucson, AZ. The Thermal Engineer is responsible for detailed thermal analysis on products throughout their lifecycle, from initial design trade studies and proposals through qualification testing to production support, using hand calculations and finite element methods.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in STEM and 5+ years of experience; proficiency with ANSYS, PATRAN, or Thermal Desktop/SINDA; ability to obtain