Senior Thermal Engineer - Spacecraft Vacuum Testing

Astranis; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Company-subsidized healthcare

Free on-site catered meals

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Astranis is seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to design, evaluate, and test thermal solutions for spacecraft—from electronic chips to full thermal vacuum tests.

You'll lead architectures, balance performance, cost, and schedule, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with an expanding, fast-paced team in Northern California.

Experience with spacecraft or PCB thermal mitigation is a plus, and hands-on testing is essential in our hardware-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in engineering or physics.
• 8+ years in thermal/mechanical role.
• Experience in thermal analysis and thermally-constrained design.
• Proficiency with mechanical CAD.
• Hands-on hardware development in a fast-paced environment.
• Don't meet them all? Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

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 balancing performance margins, resource use, risk, cost, and schedule.
• Perform thermal analysis to varying 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 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 component and spacecraft level.
• Mentor and support junior engineers.
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.

Skills

Thermal analysis

Mechanical CAD

Hands-on hardware development

Mentoring juniors

Recruiting experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering or physics

Tools

Thermal Desktop

ANYS Mechanical

ANSYS IcePak

Job description

Astranis is seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to design, evaluate, and test thermal solutions for spacecraft—from electronic chips to full thermal vacuum tests.

You'll lead architectures, balance performance, cost, and schedule, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with an expanding, fast-paced team in Northern California.

Experience with spacecraft or PCB thermal mitigation is a plus, and hands-on testing is essential in our hardware-focused environment.