The Exploration Company
Thermal Analysis Engineer
Munich, Germany. Posted 24 days ago
The role
The Thermal Analysis Engineer will perform thermal modeling and simulations to support the design and justification of the Nyx vehicle. You will work with mechanical, CAD, avionics, and mechanism engineers to optimize vehicle design and thermal architecture.
What you will do
- Generate thermal and fluids models with appropriate complexity.
- Determine thermal load cases through the entire system lifecycle.
- Provide technical solutions for optimizing design and spacecraft thermal management.
- Contribute to co-engineering sessions with teams and suppliers.
- Support test campaign preparation including test plan definition and simulation correlation.
- Contribute to the creation and improvement of thermal analysis tools.
- Contribute to the validation and verification of requirements.
- Communicate and provide recommendations through technical data preparation and presentation.
- Prepare technical documentation and participate in design reviews.
Required qualifications
- Advanced degree (Master of Science or PhD) in aerospace engineering, heat transfer and fluid mechanics, or another related field
- At least 4 years of experience in thermal analysis
- Good knowledge of thermal management for both active and passive thermal control systems
- Deep knowledge of thermal and fluid analysis
- Experience with several thermal software (Thermal Desktop, ESATAN, Systema)
- Experience with programming (Python, Matlab...)
- Fluent in English
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong analysis and problem-solving skills
- Strong organizing and prioritization of tasks
- Positive and flexible attitude
Nice to have
- Experience with CFD analysis
- German, French and Italian are an asset
Benefits
- Relocation assistance is provided
- Visa sponsorship where applicable
Before you apply
- All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
- Visa sponsorship where applicable.
About the company
The Exploration Company is developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle. They are building spacecraft for humanity.