Thermal Analysis Engineer Verified today
About the role
The Exploration Company is developing Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle designed for cargo delivery and eventual human missions. As Thermal Analysis Engineer, you will lead thermal modeling and simulations to support vehicle design definition and justification. You will work closely with mechanical, CAD, avionics and mechanism engineers to optimize vehicle design, thermal architecture and performance. You will be part of the Nyx Thermal and ECLSS Team, reporting to the Space Vehicle Thermal Team Leader.
Key Responsibilities
- Generate thermal and fluids models at appropriate complexity levels based on study maturity and goals
- Determine thermal load cases through the entire system lifecycle
- Provide technical solutions to optimize design and spacecraft thermal management in collaboration with other subsystems
- Contribute to co-engineering sessions with various teams and suppliers to ensure technical consistency and design optimization
- Support test campaign preparation including test plan definition, data exploitation and simulation correlation
- Contribute to creation and improvement of thermal analysis tools
- Contribute to validation and verification of requirements
- Communicate and present technical data, analyses and recommendations
- Prepare technical documentation and participate in design reviews
Required Qualifications
- Advanced degree (Master of Science or PhD) in aerospace engineering, heat transfer and fluid mechanics, or related field
- At least 4 years of experience in thermal analysis
- Good knowledge of thermal management for both active and passive thermal control systems
- Deep knowledge of thermal and fluid analysis
- Experience with multiple thermal software tools (Thermal Desktop, ESATAN, Systema)
- Experience with programming (Python, Matlab or similar)
- Fluent in English; German, French and Italian are assets
Preferred Experience
- CFD analysis experience
Skills and Behaviors
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong analysis and problem-solving abilities
- Strong task organization and prioritization
- Positive and flexible attitude