Senior Thermal Engineer Verified today
As a Senior Thermal Engineer at Astranis, you will design, evaluate, and test thermal solutions ranging from electronic chips to full spacecraft thermal vacuum tests. You must have a strong problem-solving background and hands-on testing skills. Experience with spacecraft or printed circuit board thermal mitigation is beneficial but not required.
Role
- Identify feasible thermal architectures and mature designs through conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases using passive and active thermal control techniques.
- Take charge of design trades that balance performance margins, resource use, risk, cost, and schedule.
- Perform thermal analysis at varying levels of fidelity on propulsion components, batteries, high-powered electronics, RF components, mechanisms, and printed circuit boards.
- Design, evaluate, procure, and test thermal solutions such as heaters, heat pipes, thermal interface materials, and surface coatings.
- Develop processes and procedures for integration and assembly to ensure thermal design intent is met. Collaborate with integration and test teams on thermal hardware installation.
- Plan and run thermal vacuum testing and verification at component and spacecraft level.
- Mentor and support junior engineers.
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional team members.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or physics
- 5+ years of experience in a thermal or mechanical role
- Experience in thermal analysis and thermally-constrained design; computational thermal design experience with finite element methods is highly preferred but not required
- Proficiency with mechanical CAD
- Passion and enthusiasm for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment with hands-on design and development
Bonus Experience
- Thermal Desktop
- ANSYS Mechanical or ANSYS IcePak
- Electronics packaging and printed circuit board design
- Building and operating high vacuum systems
- Designing for vacuum environments or environments with large temperature swings
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary: $145,000 to $235,000 USD. Compensation includes equity via incentive stock options, company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and on-site catered meals.
Requirements
U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status required to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations.