Vast Staff Thermal Engineer at Vast responsible for developing thermal systems requirements and performing thermal analysis to optimize thermal control designs. This role supports the design and build of human-rated space stations.
Responsibilities
Develop thermal systems requirements
Perform thermal analysis to develop and optimize thermal control designs and provide solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
Coordinate and partner with other engineering disciplines
Document thermal analyses and designs
Review and approve drawings for thermal design hardware content
Report results of analyses and design specifics to internal management and external customers
Work with test engineering to plan and execute subsystem level thermal tests, especially thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC) testing, as well as perform associated analyses
Provide feedback regarding impacts of possible cost and/ or schedule changes
Qualification
Expert with thermal analysis toolExtensive experience with TVAC testingDesign
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or related Engineering discipline with a minimum of 10+ years of related professional work experience, or a Master's degree in a related engineering discipline and 5+ years of experience
Knowledge and understanding of the application of technical principles, theories, and concepts for developing active thermal control systems
Expert with thermal analysis tool: Thermal Desktop
Extensive experience with TVAC testing
Preferred
Design, analysis and integration experience of spacecraft thermal systems
Experience using other thermal analysis tools (FloCAD, Ansys Mechanical, SINDA/G, SINDA/FLUINT, TSS)
Experience using fluid analysis tools like Ansys Fluent, FloEFD, StarCCM+
Experience using aerospace standard design tools (NX, CATIA, CREO)
Experience with space vehicle thermal design and/or integration
Experience with active and passive thermal control systems and technologies (pumped fluid loops, heat pipes, etc.))
Spacecraft and/or Payload background with experience through the entire system lifecycle from concept, design, production, integration, test, launch, to operation support
Ability to develop novel concepts for active thermal control systems for space habitats
