Thermal Analysis Engineer

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 88,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off and Education Assistance

Training and Development

9/80 Work Schedule

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Company paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Thermal Analysis Engineer to design and optimize electronics cooling for mission systems across airborne, ground, and naval platforms. You will lead thermal analyses using heat transfer principles and mentor junior engineers.

Requires a Bachelor’s in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering and experience with thermal analysis tools. Onsite at Linthicum, MD with DoD clearance per program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or closely related field.
• 2+ years of experience in thermal engineering for high power density electronics.
• Experience applying heat transfer principles to air, liquid, and conduction cooled hardware.

Responsibilities

• Lead thermal design by defining requirements and architecture for mission‑critical electronics systems.
• Perform thermal analyses for airborne, ground mobile, and naval platforms.
• Present results to internal/external stakeholders and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Thermal engineering

Thermal analysis

ANSYS Icepak

ANSYS Fluent

Thermal Desktop

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

ANSYS Icepak

ANSYS Thermal Desktop

ANSYS Fluent

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

What You’ll Get to Do:

The thermal design team supports programs across the sector, including the airborne, ground mobile, ground stationery, and surface based naval applications, and across a variety of length scales ranging from ECS systems, sensor and radar systems, chassis, CCAs, and device levels. Design advanced electronics thermal management solutions using heat transfer principles to optimize thermal performance Perform electronics thermal analysis, requiring experience in heat transfer, including liquid cooled, air-cooled, two-phase flow, and refrigeration thermal solutions for Mission Systems platforms such as airborne, ground based, and naval applications Lead thermal designs by owning thermal requirements, thermal architecture, and thermal performance of the design, while mentoring less experienced thermal engineers Provide oral and written presentations to internal and external customers and stakeholders

Basic Qualifications for a Thermal Analysis Engineer:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of experience, Master’s degree with 0 years of experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance.
• Ability to work onsite daily at the Linthicum, MD (Baltimore area) facility.
• A current/active clearance is not required to be considered for the position, but a final clearance is required to start 2 years of experience in electronics design with emphasis on thermal analysis and optimization of mission‑critical electronics systems (e.g., airborne, ground, or maritime platforms).
• 2 years of experience applying thermal engineering principles to challenging air cooled, liquid cooled, and conduction cooled hardware in high power density environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active DoD Secret (or higher) security clearance.
• Advanced degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with a concentration in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics.
• Hands‑on experience (2+ years) with one or more of the following tools: ANSYS Icepak, ANSYS Thermal Desktop, ANSYS Fluent, or similar electronics cooling / thermal analysis codes.
• 2+ years leading the end‑to‑end thermal design of hardware for defense platforms (airborne, ground mobile, ground stationary, or naval), from requirements definition through verification.
• Proven experience advising programs on system‑level thermal trades and collaborating within multidisciplinary teams (systems, mechanical, RF, electrical, reliability) from concept through detailed design.
• 2+ years of experience designing hardware to meet transient thermal conditions Experience advancing next‑generation electronics thermal management solutions (e.g., high heat‑flux interfaces, two‑phase or advanced convective cooling, compact high‑power electronics).
• Knowledge of advanced convective and two‑phase thermal management for high heat‑flux / high power‑density applications, including analytical, high‑fidelity numerical, and experimental methods.
• Prior experience leading thermal design at multiple levels of integration (system, chassis, CCA, and microelectronics) for defense or aerospace hardware.
• Experience planning and executing thermal design verification testing, including correlation of analysis to test data and updating models based on results.

Benefits:

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off and Additional Benefits including Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)
• and much more!
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Salary:

Primary Level Salary Range: $87,600.00 - $131,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future.

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