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Thermal Engineer

Job Description:

• Experience with developing thermal architectures for space based systems, including a background with modeling and simulation of the space environment, orbital analysis, as well as hardware characterization testing is desired.
• Leads thermal design efforts and architecture definition for satellites and space-based payloads. Conducts thermal analysis using finite difference / finite element models, and plans and executes thermal tests to support model correlation and requirements verification.
• Specific analyses to include thermal radiator sizing and placement, architectures for cooling high powered components, tracking of component thermal margins against requirements, and assessing transient behavior of thermal systems in the space environment.
• Ability to perform hand calculations in conjunction with utilization of CAD and thermal analysis software.
• Specific and significant experience with Thermal Desktop for the design and analysis of orbiting space systems is a requirement.

Requirements:

• BS or MS in Engineering, 10+ years of experience
• Experience with thermal engineering, analysis, and test for space systems
• Experience specifically using Thermal Desktop modeling software to support development of space systems
• Experience with Solidworks CAD software preferred
• ACTIVE Top Secret Clearance required
• Hybrid schedule

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