Senior Thermal & TPS Systems Engineer

Castelion Corporation; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Castelion Corporation seeks a Senior Thermal & TPS Integration Engineer to design and deliver thermal protection solutions for long-range hypersonic vehicles. You will lead analysis, hardware integration, and testing of heat shields, blankets, and control surface protection in a fast-paced, hardware-driven environment.

Join a multidisciplinary team and own TPS architecture, interfaces with primary structure, mechanisms, and subsystems, and mentor junior engineers while delivering

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in thermal protection system design, analysis, and validation for aerospace or high-temperature applications.
• Familiarity with TPS materials such as ceramics, carbon-carbon, ablatives, and insulating blankets.
• Experience with high-temperature testing methods (arc-jet, furnace).
• Proficiency in thermal and structural analysis tools and lab/testing environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop TPS across the vehicle, including heat shields and protective systems.
• Lead architecture and integration of TPS with primary structure, mechanisms, and subsystems.
• Perform thermal/thermal-structural analyses for extreme aerothermal conditions.
• Support prototyping, testing, and troubleshooting of TPS.
• Define and execute qualification and environmental test plans.

Skills

Aerospace engineering

5+ years experience

Aerothermal

Heat transfer

TPS design

Flight hardware

ANSYS/MATLAB

Arc-jet testing

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Aerospace/Mechanical/Materials

Tools

ANSYS

MATLAB

Job description

Castelion Corporation seeks a Senior Thermal & TPS Integration Engineer to design and deliver thermal protection solutions for long-range hypersonic vehicles. You will lead analysis, hardware integration, and testing of heat shields, blankets, and control surface protection in a fast-paced, hardware-driven environment.

Join a multidisciplinary team and own TPS architecture, interfaces with primary structure, mechanisms, and subsystems, and mentor junior engineers while delivering