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Thermal Hardware Engineer II - Lunar Permanence
Join the Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team at Blue Origin's Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Moon landers and related products for sustainable lunar infrastructure.
What you will do
As a Thermal Hardware Engineer II, you will:
- Provide thermal hardware expertise to lunar vehicle architectures
- Design, build, test, and verify groundbreaking thermal hardware for lunar landers
- Apply technical expertise and leadership to support safe human spaceflight
- Work in cross-functional teams to deliver results
Minimum requirements
- B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
- 3+ years of relevant thermal engineering experience
- Strong grasp of heat transfer and fluid system fundamentals
- Familiarity with heat exchangers, cold plates, radiators, and other common spacecraft hardware
- Demonstrated experience designing, sizing, building, and testing hardware
- Understanding of aerospace hardware verification and validation process
- Moderate experience with CAD software, preferably Creo
- Familiarity with computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation methods for component-level analysis
- Experience designing and testing thermal components
- Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams
Desired qualifications
- M.S. or PhD degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
- 5+ years of relevant aerospace experience
- Solid understanding of pumped fluid loop hardware such as pumps, cold plates, radiators, valves, heat exchangers, and semi-passive devices like sensors and heaters
- Familiarity with relevant standards such as AS9100D, ASME, SAE, AWS, and ANSI Y14.5 specifications
- Experience solving a variety of thermal problems demonstrating breadth in application
- Vendor technical management experience
- Design for manufacturability and assembly experience
- Experience developing component specifications
- Demonstrated experience in Creo modeling and drawing creation
- Familiarity with Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint, including model validation and test correlation
- Experience with CFD optimization of cold plates, heat exchangers, and radiators
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools experience
Compensation and benefits
Base pay range (varies by location):
- CA: $107,136 to $149,990
- CO: $98,208 to $137,491
- WA: $107,136 to $149,990
Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 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, and up to four weeks paid time off plus 14 company-paid holidays per year.
Additional information
- Relocation provided
- Travel expected up to 20% of the time
- U.S. citizenship or permanent residency required (ITAR compliance)
- Background check required
- 4 locations available