Astranis Senior Thermal Engineer responsible for designing, evaluating, and testing thermal solutions for spacecraft and components. Leads thermal analysis and testing to ensure thermal design intent is met.
Responsibilities
Identify feasible thermal architectures through design phases
Perform thermal analysis on hardware such as propulsion components, batteries, electronics, RF components, mechanisms, and PCBs
Design, evaluate, procure, and test thermal solutions
Develop integration and assembly processes to ensure thermal design intent
Plan and run thermal vacuum testing at component and spacecraft level
Mentor and support junior engineers
Assist in recruiting and hiring new team members
Qualification
Proficiency with mechanical CADDon't meet them all? Not a problemExperience with Thermal Desktop
Required
Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or physics
5+ years of experience in a thermal/mechanical role
Experience in thermal analysis and thermally-constrained design; computational thermal design experience (finite methods) is not required but highly preferred
Proficiency with mechanical CAD
A passion and enthusiasm for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.
Experience with Thermal Desktop
Experience with ANSYS Mechanical or ANSYS IcePak
Experience with Electronics Packaging and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design
Experience building and operating high vacuum systems
Experience designing for a vacuum environment or environments with large temperature swings
