Senior Thermal Engineer

As an Astranis Senior Thermal Engineer, you will design, evaluate and test thermal solutions ranging from electronic chips to full spacecraft thermal vacuum tests.

You must have a strong problem-solving background as well as hands-on testing skills.

Experience with spacecraft or printed circuit board thermal mitigation are benefits but not required.

Role

• Identify feasible thermal architectures and mature designs through conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases using practical passive and active thermal control techniques.
• Take charge of design trades that successfully balance performance margins, resource use, risk, cost, and schedule.
• Perform thermal analysis to varying degrees of fidelity (simplified to detailed) on a variety of different types of hardware such as propulsion components, batteries, high powered electronics, RF components, mechanisms, and printed circuit boards (PCBs).
• Design, evaluate, procure and test thermal solutions such as heaters, heat pipes, thermal interface materials, and surface coatings.
• Develop processes and procedures for integration and assembly which ensure thermal design intent is met.

Collaborate with the integration and test team in the installation of thermal hardware as needed.

• Plan and run thermal vacuum testing and verification at the component and spacecraft level.
• Mentor and support junior engineers.
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or physics
• 6+ years of experience in a thermal/mechanical role
• Experience in thermal analysis and thermally-constrained design; computational thermal design experience (finite methods) is not required but highly preferred
• Proficiency with mechanical CAD
• A passion and enthusiasm for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
• Don't meet them all? Not a problem.

Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

Bonus

• Experience with Thermal Desktop
• Experience with ANSYS Mechanical or ANSYS IcePak
• Experience with Electronics Packaging and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design
• Experience building and operating high vacuum systems
• Experience designing for a vacuum environment or environments with large temperature swings

What we offer:

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.

Base pay is a single component of Astranis's total rewards package, which may also include equity in the form of incentive stock options, high quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance benefits, flexible PTO, 401(K) retirement, and free on-site catered meals.

Astranis pay ranges are informed and defined through professional-grade salary surveys and compensation data sources.

The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, and the level and scope of the position.

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U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required

(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))

Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction.

We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.