Thermal Engineer Verified today
About the role
As a Thermal Engineer at Astranis, you will design, evaluate and test thermal solutions ranging from electronic chips to full spacecraft thermal vacuum tests. You'll work on satellites operating in high orbit, supporting customers including large enterprises, governments, and the US military.
What you'll do
- 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 at varying fidelity levels 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
- Plan and run thermal vacuum testing and verification at component and spacecraft level
What you need
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or physics
- 2+ years of experience in a thermal or mechanical role
- Experience in thermal analysis and thermally-constrained design
- Proficiency with mechanical CAD
- Strong problem-solving background and hands-on testing skills
- Passion for hardware development in a fast-paced environment
Bonus experience
- Computational thermal design (finite element methods)
- Thermal Desktop software
- ANSYS Mechanical or ANSYS IcePak
- Electronics packaging and printed circuit board design
- Building and operating high vacuum systems
- Designing for vacuum environments or large temperature swings
Compensation
Base salary: $130,000 to $165,000 USD. Compensation package includes equity via incentive stock options, company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free 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.