Thermal Analyst

HX5; Brook Park (OH); Presencial; USD 85.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Relocation Assistance

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

401(k) plan with Company Match

Paid Holidays

Accrued Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Flexible Spending Accounts

Descripción de la vacante

HX5 is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer/Thermal Analyst to join our team in Brook Park, Ohio, supporting the GEARS contract at NASA Glenn Research Center. The role focuses on thermal analysis, experimental protocols, and the development of rapid design methods for heat exchangers used in hybrid-electric propulsion.

Candidates should have ABET‑accredited Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering degrees with 2–5 years of relevant experience (or a Master’s with 0–3 years).

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 2–5 years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 0–3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience performing hands-on lab research in thermal/flow systems and basic heat transfer analyses.
• Proficiency with thermal analysis tools such as Thermal Desktop, Ansys, and nTop.

Responsabilidades

• Define rigorous experimental protocols to characterize performance across a wide matrix of variables.
• Develop an extensive data repository of empirical results for a modern reference text.
• Help establish rapid system design methods for next‑gen heat exchangers in hybrid-electric propulsion.
• Utilize Python scripts and AI-driven automation with established analysis tools to compress design iterations.

Conocimientos

Thermal analysis

Heat transfer calculations

Python programming

AI tools in design

Open-source thermal codes

Educación

Bachelor's degree + 2–5 years relevant experience

Master's degree + 0–3 years relevant experience

Herramientas

Thermal Desktop

Ansys

nTop

Python

Descripción del empleo

Thermal Analyst
Mechanical Engineer II
NASA Glenn Research Center
Brook Park, Ohio

HX5 is an award-winning provider of engineering, research and development, and technical services to clients such as NASA and the Department of Defense. Founded in 2004, HX5 is a fast-growing veteran and woman-owned company with locations nationwide.

HX5 is currently seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer/Thermal Analyst to join our team in Brook Park, Ohio in support of the GEARS contract at NASA Glenn Research Center.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

A Thermal Analyst is needed to support NASA’s Glenn Research Center as a principal researcher in the area of advanced additive manufactured (AM) heat exchangers. The advent of AM and novel material systems has unlocked highly complex, previously un-manufacturable heat exchanger geometries such as gyroids and triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS); however modern engineers lack the foundational correlations required to reliably benchmark, analyze, and optimize these next-generation AM geometries. The Thermal Analyst will define rigorous experimental protocols to systematically characterize the critical performance factors across a wide matrix of variables; culminating in an extensive repository of empirical data published in a definitive modern reference text.

The Thermal Analyst will also work toward establishing a rapid, novel system design methodology tailored for next-generation heat exchangers in hybrid-electric propulsion architectures; utilizing Python-based scripts and AI-driven automation techniques in conjunction with industry-standard analysis codes such as Ansys, Thermal Desktop, and nTop to significantly compress design iterations.

Required Experience:

• Ability to perform hands-on laboratory research in thermal and flow systems.
• Proficient with fundamental analytical calculations for heat transfer and fluid flow.
• Familiarity with or ability to learn heat exchanger sizing techniques using fundamental analytical calculations.
• Proficient with thermal analysis codes (i.e. Thermal Desktop, Ansys, nTop).
• Familiarity with or ability to learn rapid prototyping of heat exchangers using modern manufacturing methods (i.e. additive manufacturing, prototyping machine shops).
• Familiarity with or ability to learn open-source thermal codes.
• Familiarity with or ability to learn with artificial intelligence tools for engineering design (i.e. NASA chat, chat GSFS, Microsoft Copilot, Mission AI Hub).
• Experience with Python coding desired but not required.
• Ability to perform hands-on laboratory research in thermal and flow systems.

Education/Experience:

Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering degree from ABET accredited program with the following education and experience:

• Bachelor's degree and two (2) to five (5) years of relevant experience
• Master’s degree and zero (0) to three (3) years of relevant experience

Other Position Requirements:

• Proof of U.S. Citizenship
• Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation

HX5 offers a competitive salary and benefits package to include:

• Relocation Assistance
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Paid Holidays
• Accrued Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pet Insurance

HX5, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

HX5, LLC is a Drug Free Workplace Employer.

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