Thermal Analyst III Verified today
About the Role
You'll join Blue Origin Engines as a Thermal Analyst III, designing, analyzing, and optimizing complex engine components, assemblies and systems. You will work with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions for challenging thermal problems. Your focus will be on analyzing steady state and transient thermal responses of engines to provide integrated engineering teams with requirements for efficient operation and maintenance across the full operating envelope.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead thermal design and analysis of rotating and static components and assemblies from concept through fabrication, testing, validation and into service
- Complete thermal design optimization studies to define engine and component cooling requirements, including sizing of lubrication and cooling flows
- Complete hand calculations and finite element analysis (FEA) of rotating and static components and assemblies to evaluate hardware thermal state and engine heat rejection
- Collaborate with team members from various fields to perform trade studies considering operating environment and duty cycle to optimize design performance and durability
- Document thermal analysis to support release of engineering drawings and documents
- Improve enterprise analysis capabilities by creating process automation tools for model creation, thermal balance checks, and analysis report generation
- Support test plan development to verify requirements and generate material and data necessary to establish confidence in design solutions
Minimum Qualifications
- B.S. degree in engineering discipline and 5+ years of experience
- Demonstrated proficiency with one or more analysis codes: ANSYS Workbench or Thermal Desktop
- Experience with flow network modeling software (Flownex, Sinda/Fluint)
- Knowledge of determining appropriate scope of thermal modeling (lumped capacitance, 1-D thermal network, 2-D and 3-D simulations)
- Solid understanding of heat transfer, flow, and thermodynamic first principles
- Knowledge of engineering materials and their applications to achieve optimal thermal design outcomes
- Demonstrated experience using scripting languages (VBA, Matlab, Python, FORTRAN, etc.)
Preferred Qualifications
- MS or PhD in engineering discipline with focus on thermal or fluid sciences
- Professional and/or academic experience focused on thermal and fluid sciences
- Experience in rotating machinery design and analysis (turbomachinery, compressors, fans)
- Familiar with sizing cooling and lubrication systems for systems requiring continuous heat rejection
- Working knowledge of high-temperature material properties and selection
- Prior job experience in thermal/fluid testing and instrumentation definition
- Experience with Agentic AI
Compensation and Location
Base pay range for Washington applicants: $121,023.00 to $169,432.20. Other site ranges may differ. Relocation provided. Travel expected up to 10% of the time.
Employment Requirements
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Blue's Standard Background Check required for all positions.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for regular employees (20+ hours/week)
- Up to four weeks paid time off per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays