Spacecraft Thermal Design Engineer

Amazon; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Workplace accommodations

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in El Segundo, CA seeks a Mechanical Engineer to perform detailed thermal analyses and support subsystems design for a next-generation satellite constellation. Responsibilities include architectural trades, thermal optimization, and test planning across development and qualification phases.

Candidates should have a strong background in mechanical engineering, scripting for design trades, and hands-on experience with Thermal Desktop or ANSYS, plus

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience with analysis simulation software/tools, including writing custom scripts to enable rapid design trades and iterations for spacecraft and subsystem configuration optimizations for various orbital cases and duty cycle scenarios.
• Experience with test planning, test set-up, results correlation and system verification for production.
• Experience with Thermal Desktop (SINDA), Ansys, or similar thermal analysis tool.
• Proficiency in verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Detailed and comprehensive analysis of bus and payload subsystems, components and mechanisms.
• Support extensive architectural trades with preliminary thermal analysis on spacecraft and subsystems for orbital operational conditions and vehicle control options.
• Drive design optimizations for performance, mass, cost, in support of all system reliability (thermal) requirements through application of a range of thermal control hardware options.
• Define and execute test setups for thermal cycling and TVAC tests for development and qualification testing at subsystem and vehicle level, and correlate test results with mission operations models.
• Define / select test equipment as needed (TVAC / thermal chambers, sensors, data logging equipment etc.) and correlation of test results with mission operations models.
• Acceptance Test and Qualification planning, test simulation, and execution. Correlation of results with predictions.
• Launch Vehicle environment simulation from integration through launch.
• Documenting trades and design evolution, and preparation of materials for design review gates.
• Support thermal design for terrestrial equipment and systems with CFD analysis as appropriate.

Skills

Mechanical Eng.

Scripting

Test planning

Communication

Verbal/Written

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master’s or PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Thermal Desktop

ANSYS

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC in El Segundo, CA seeks a Mechanical Engineer to perform detailed thermal analyses and support subsystems design for a next-generation satellite constellation. Responsibilities include architectural trades, thermal optimization, and test planning across development and qualification phases.

Candidates should have a strong background in mechanical engineering, scripting for design trades, and hands-on experience with Thermal Desktop or ANSYS, plus