Thermal Engineer, Spacecraft Systems (Equity)

Astranis; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site catered meals

Healthcare

401(k) retirement planning

PTO

Job summary

Astranis seeks a Thermal Engineer to design, evaluate, and test thermal solutions across electronics, mechanisms, and PCBs for spacecraft. You will apply both active and passive cooling techniques while conducting validation tests and contributing to integration procedures within a fast-moving hardware team.

Ideal candidates have a BS in engineering or physics, 2+ years in a thermal/mechanical role, hands-on testing experience, and strong CAD skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or physics.
• 2+ years of experience in a thermal/mechanical role.
• Experience in thermal analysis; computational thermal design (finite methods) not required but highly preferred.
• Proficiency with mechanical CAD.
• Hands-on hardware development in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Mature designs through conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases using practical passive and active thermal control techniques.
• Support design trades that balance performance margins, resource use, risk, cost, and schedule.
• Perform thermal analysis to varying degrees of 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; assist with installation of thermal hardware.
• Plan and run thermal vacuum testing and verification at component and spacecraft level.

Skills

Thermal/mechanical experience

Hands-on hardware development

CAD proficiency

Thermal analysis experience

Fast-paced environment adaptation

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering or physics

Tools

Thermal Desktop

ANSYS Mechanical

ANSYS IcePak

PCB design

Job description

Astranis seeks a Thermal Engineer to design, evaluate, and test thermal solutions across electronics, mechanisms, and PCBs for spacecraft. You will apply both active and passive cooling techniques while conducting validation tests and contributing to integration procedures within a fast-moving hardware team.

Ideal candidates have a BS in engineering or physics, 2+ years in a thermal/mechanical role, hands-on testing experience, and strong CAD skills.