Thermal Engineer (Starshield) Verified today
About the role
Starshield leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. As a Thermal Engineer, you are responsible for the thermal design, test, and validation of vehicles and hardware. You will make engineering decisions to improve the vehicles and increase the overall hardware performance.
Responsibilities
- Thermal design of spacecraft, launch vehicles, and hardware, from initial high-level analysis down to validation of performance with ground tests, flight, and orbital data
- Automate workflow to reduce engineering investment in the design cycle
- Pursue performance and robustness improvements
- Pursue operational simplicity and reduce burden on other groups at SpaceX
- Produce quality documentation of your work to reduce miss-rate and improve efficiency
- Review peer work
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 1+ years of experience using scientific programming languages such as MATLAB or Python (internship or project team experience can supplement for industry experience)
Preferred qualifications
- Master's degree in an engineering discipline
- Experience with Thermal Desktop and ANSYS Workbench
- Experience with 3D and reduced-order thermal modeling
- Ability to identify sizing cases and quickly evaluate the impact of design decisions
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to deliver against an aggressive schedule
- Active Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance, or willingness to pursue one. An active clearance may provide opportunity to work on sensitive SpaceX missions and you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing.
Additional requirements
- Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed to meet mission critical deadlines
- Must be able to travel up to 10-25% per work week
- Position based in Hawthorne, CA and requires being onsite; remote work not considered
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Compensation
- Level 1: $100,000-$130,000 annually
- Level 2: $115,000-$160,000 annually
- Actual level and salary determined on case-by-case basis based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience
- Those with an active clearance receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once officially briefed into a classified program
Benefits
Base salary is one part of your total rewards package. You may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Benefits include comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage; 401(k) retirement plan; short and long-term disability insurance; life insurance; paid parental leave; 3 weeks of paid vacation; 10 or more paid holidays per year; paid sick leave pursuant to company policy.