Senior Thermal Engineer, Spacecraft Systems (Denver – On-Site)

EnduroSat; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Travel to international offices

Job summary

EnduroSat is seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to lead thermal activities across spacecraft design, manufacturing, testing, launch, and operations. You will work within the system engineering team on full spacecraft lifecycle from design to flight operations, collaborating with customers under system engineering leadership.

Your daily tasks include defining thermal architecture, building models, solving thermal issues, and validating predictions for flight and TVAC testing.

Qualifications

• Master of Science in aerospace engineering or mechanical/thermal engineering (or equivalent).
• Excellent technical background in satellite thermal engineering.
• Openness to knowledge sharing and willingness to mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Define thermal architecture (radiators blankets heaters etc.).
• Build thermal models.
• Investigation and closure of all issues related to thermal behavior.
• Compute thermal predictions for flight (hot case, cold case) and TVAC tests.
• Correlate models with test results.
• Identify test success criteria.
• Compute thermal power consumption.

Skills

Thermal engineering

Satellite tech

Mentor juniors

Communication skills

Education

Master's in aerospace engineering

Job description

EnduroSat is seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to lead thermal activities across spacecraft design, manufacturing, testing, launch, and operations. You will work within the system engineering team on full spacecraft lifecycle from design to flight operations, collaborating with customers under system engineering leadership.

Your daily tasks include defining thermal architecture, building models, solving thermal issues, and validating predictions for flight and TVAC testing.