2025 Graduate - Thermal Engineer - Space Science Instrumentation

$85,000 - $150,000/Yr

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labor - Laurel, MD

Full-time - Entry Level

Laurel, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The position involves designing and building unique scientific instruments for NASA spacecraft, contributing to groundbreaking scientific discoveries and space-based defense systems. The role requires collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to develop space flight hardware, focusing on thermal engineering support for space systems applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide thermal engineering support for space system applications with a focus on thermal design.
• Perform end-to-end thermal design, analysis, and testing of space hardware.
• Specify and procure thermal control hardware and assist in the design of multi-layer insulation.
• Define thermal requirements and generate thermal and thermal vacuum test plans and specifications for flight and engineering hardware.
• Develop thermal models and conduct analyses to predict system thermal performance during flight conditions.
• Collaborate with subsystem lead engineers and thermal technicians in the design and development of spacecraft and instrument thermal control systems.
• Design and develop system and subsystem thermal test configurations.
• Run instrument thermal vacuum testing and generate test plans and specifications.
• Participate in the execution of tests and perform analysis of test data.
• Correlate thermal analysis models based on system and subsystem test data.
• Assist in developing staffing estimates, resource management, and test and development schedules.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Thermal Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong technical experience demonstrated in at least one internship, research experience, or project outside of the classroom.
• Willingness to travel occasionally (5%) to NASA facilities and sub-contractor sites.
• Willingness to support shift work occasionally (5%) during Integration and Test events.
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in Mechanical or Thermal Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Experience working on hardware design and development.
• Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance.

Benefits

• Robust education assistance program
• Unparalleled retirement contributions
• Healthy work/life balance
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, and training and development.