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Varda Space Industries · 6 hours ago

Thermal Engineer

El Segundo, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$115K/yr - $145K/yr

4+ years exp

Varda Space Industries is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, focusing on creating products and infrastructure needed for the orbital economy. The Thermal Analysis Engineer will be a key member of the vehicle engineering team, responsible for developing thermal architectures and providing hardware design requirements for Varda’s space vehicles.

AerospaceManufacturingProduct Design

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Create and maintain top level Integrated Thermal Analysis models for Varda’s space vehicles

Work collaboratively with other spacecraft disciplines to set thermal hardware requirements, such as temperature ranges, conductances, optical properties, etc

Create and maintain tools/systems for managing inputs and outputs of the thermal analysis team and distributing temperature predictions and other thermal requirements to the hardware design teams

Inform component level acceptance and qualification tests, as well as directing vehicle level TVAC test campaigns

Provide thermal guidance to mission operations and hardware decisions

Post-flight correlations to assess performance and improve thermal models

Qualification

Thermal DesktopANSYS thermal analysisMatlabThermal control technologiesProject managementCommunicationProblem-solvingTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field with 4+ years experience performing vehicle level spacecraft thermal analysis in Thermal Desktop software

Experience performing detailed thermal analysis in programs such as ANSYS static and transient thermal (or equivalent)

Intermediate level skills in Matlab (or equivalent) for data processing and task automation

Ability to provide definition to open ended problems and perform initial sizing with hand calcs in programs such as Excel

Familiarity with thermal margins and test requirements in SMC-S-016

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an aptitude for interdisciplinary technical communication

Ability to successfully respond to evolving requirements in a fast-moving organization

Excitement about making history at the forefront of both the space and pharmaceutical industries