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Sr. Thermal Engineer, Thermal & Fluid Analysis (Starship)
$125,000 - $175,000/Yr
SpaceX - Hawthorne, CA
posted 2 months ago
Full-time - Mid Level
Hawthorne, CA
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
About the position
As a Senior Thermal Engineer on the Starship Thermal & Fluids analysis team at SpaceX, you will be responsible for the thermal design, testing, and validation of vehicles and hardware. This role involves making engineering decisions to enhance vehicle performance and reliability, contributing to the development of a fully reusable transportation system for crew and cargo missions to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Thermal design of spacecraft, launch vehicles, and hardware, from initial high-level analysis down to validation of performance with ground tests, flight, and orbital data.
- Automate workflow above to reduce engineering investment in per-mission analysis.
- Pursue performance/robustness improvements.
- Pursue operational simplicity and seek to reduce burden on other groups at SpaceX.
- Produce quality documentation of your work to reduce miss-rate and improve efficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of professional experience using engineering simulation software such as MATLAB.
Nice-to-haves
- 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
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Short & long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Various discounts and perks.
- 3 weeks of paid vacation.
- 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- 5 days of sick leave per year.
