Thermal-Structural Modeling Engineer for Space Telescopes

Cosmic Frontier Labs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Education benefits

Commuter benefits

Wellness programs

HSA/FSA medical

Job summary

Cosmic Frontier Labs is seeking a thermal and structural modeling engineer to predict how our telescopes behave under launch loads and the extremes of orbit, and to turn those predictions into confident design decisions. If you like turning analysis into decisions and decisions into hardware, we want to talk.

Build coupled thermoelastic models for design, analyze deformation and margins for launch and orbit, and correlate models to test data to drive hardware choices in a fast-paced startup

Qualifications

• Strong education background in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 3+ years of experience in structural, thermal, or coupled thermo-structural analysis for aerospace or precision hardware.
• Experience building and running finite element models for launch loads and thermal environments using ANSYS, Nastran, or Abaqus.
• Deep understanding of thermoelastic stability, deformation, structural margins, and environmental loads including vibration and thermal vacuum.
• Proven ability to correlate models to test data and turn analysis results into concrete design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build coupled thermal and structural models and use them to drive design.
• Analyze deformation, stability, and margin under launch and on-orbit environments.
• Correlate models to test data and communicate knowns vs. unknowns to the team.

Skills

Thermoelastic

FEA modeling

Launch loads

Test correlation

Aerospace hardware

Education

Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering degree

Tools

ANSYS

NASTRAN

Abaqus

Job description

Cosmic Frontier Labs is seeking a thermal and structural modeling engineer to predict how our telescopes behave under launch loads and the extremes of orbit, and to turn those predictions into confident design decisions. If you like turning analysis into decisions and decisions into hardware, we want to talk.

Build coupled thermoelastic models for design, analyze deformation and margins for launch and orbit, and correlate models to test data to drive hardware choices in a fast-paced startup