SpaceX Thermal Engineer responsible for thermal design, test, and validation of Starlink hardware including phased array antennas and semiconductor packages. Use thermal analysis to improve hardware performance in diverse environments.
Responsibilities
Thermal system design of next-generation phased arrays, gateways, and consumer wireless products – own every component, part, and interface in the design
Thermal design of semiconductor packages, from high level concepts to detail thermal simulations and lab testing
Devise, build, and run tests to validate the expected performance of the hardware in extreme conditions
Automate workflow and pursue operational simplicity to reduce engineering investment in the design cycle
Utilize first-principles approach to evaluate sizing cases and impact of design decisions
Perform analysis to make recommendations for performance/robustness improvements
Produce quality documentation of your work for design requirements and specifications
Continuous collaboration with mechanical, electrical, software, and RF design teams
Qualification
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline
1+ years of experience with mechanical design, electromechanical design, and/or analysis (internship or project team experience is applicable)
Preferred
Master's degree in relevant engineering discipline
1+ years of experience using scientific programming languages such as MATLAB, Python
Experience with Thermal Desktop and ANSYS Workbench
Experience with tools for chip thermal design like Flotherm or Icepak
Experience with 3D and reduced order thermal modeling
