Spacex
Sr. Thermal Engineer, Thermal & Fluid Analysis (Starship)
Hawthorne, CA. Posted 5 months ago
The role
You will be responsible for the thermal design, test, and validation of vehicles and hardware. You will make engineering decisions to improve vehicle performance and reliability for a reusable transportation system.
What you will do
- Own thermal design of spacecraft, launch vehicles, and hardware.
- Automate workflow to reduce engineering investment in per-mission analysis.
- Pursue performance/robustness improvements.
- Pursue operational simplicity and seek to reduce burden on other groups.
- Produce quality documentation of your work.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of professional experience using engineering simulation software such as MATLAB.
- Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in an engineering discipline.
- 5+ years professional experience with thermal or fluid analysis.
- Strong understanding of spacecraft and/or launch vehicle systems.
- Experience with 0-D and 1-D thermal/fluid networks.
- Experience with Thermal Desktop and/or ANSYS Workbench.
- Working knowledge of scripting languages (specifically Python).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to deliver against an aggressive schedule.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Various other discounts and perks
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Paid sick leave
Before you apply
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from
About the company
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. The company is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars.