SpaceX Thermal Engineer responsible for thermal design, testing, and validation of Starlink satellite hardware and semiconductor packages. Focuses on improving vehicle performance and network reliability through thermal engineering.
Responsibilities
Thermal design of satellite components, from initial high-level analysis down to validation of performance with ground tests and orbital data
Thermal design of semiconductor packages, from high level concepts to detail thermal simulations and lab testing
Devise, build and run tests to validate the performance of the hardware in extreme conditions
Automate workflow to reduce engineering investment in the design cycle
Pursue performance/robustness improvements
Pursue operational simplicity and seek to reduce burden on other groups at SpaceX
Produce quality documentation of your work to reduce miss-rate and improve efficiency
Review peer work
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
1y+ industry experience (internships/co-ops can apply)
Preferred
Experience with tools for chip thermal design like Flotherm or Icepak
1+ years of experience using scientific programming languages (including internships)
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
