Senior Thermal Engineer - Spacecraft Thermal Systems

Astranis Space Technologies Corp.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Company healthcare subsidy

401(k) retirement planning

Flexible PTO

On-site catered meals

Job summary

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. in Northern California seeks a Senior Thermal Engineer to design, evaluate and test thermal solutions for spacecraft components from chips to full systems.

You will mentor junior engineers, lead thermal analyses, and collaborate with test teams; 8+ years experience and CAD proficiency required; bonus familiarity with Thermal Desktop and ANSYS tools preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or physics.
• 8+ years of experience in a thermal/mechanical role.
• Experience in thermal analysis and thermally-constrained design; computational thermal design experience (finite methods) is not required but highly preferred.
• Proficiency with mechanical CAD.
• Hands-on hardware development in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify feasible thermal architectures and mature designs through conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases using practical passive and active thermal control techniques.
• Take charge of design trades that balance performance margins, resource use, risk, cost, and schedule.
• Perform thermal analysis to varying degrees of fidelity on hardware such as propulsion components, batteries, high powered electronics, RF components, mechanisms, and PCBs.
• Design, evaluate, procure and test thermal solutions such as heaters, heat pipes, thermal interface materials, and surface coatings.
• Develop processes and procedures for integration and assembly ensuring thermal design intent is met; collaborate with the integration and test team.
• Plan and run thermal vacuum testing and verification at the component and spacecraft level.
• Mentor and support junior engineers; assist in recruiting and hiring.

Skills

Thermal analysis

CAD proficiency

Hardware development

Design trade studies

Mentor junior engineers

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering or physics

Tools

Thermal Desktop

ANSYS Mechanical

ANSYS IcePak

PCB thermal design

Job description

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. in Northern California seeks a Senior Thermal Engineer to design, evaluate and test thermal solutions for spacecraft components from chips to full systems.

You will mentor junior engineers, lead thermal analyses, and collaborate with test teams; 8+ years experience and CAD proficiency required; bonus familiarity with Thermal Desktop and ANSYS tools preferred.