Staff Thermal Engineer, Space

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners. We're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested war-fighting domain.

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

• Own the thermal design and analysis of a space vehicle or payload program 

• Use first principles as a basis for every decision and discern the right level of analysis to apply. Execute hand calculations, spreadsheet, and MATLAB/Python first-order models to inform path forward before jumping into detailed design 

• Define worst case thermal environments across the vehicle mission lifetime 

• Define system thermal budgets and requirements through collaboration with engineers in other disciplines 

• Drive thermal architectures and hardware definitions, such as radiator sizing, coating selections, heater power allocation, MLI definitions, thermal interface material selections, thermal management techniques, and trading heat transport devices 

• Support PCBA thermal analysis and electronic component thermal management 

• Own the development, planning, and execution of unit and system thermal vacuum, thermal balance, and thermal cycle tests 

• Develop internal tools to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of analysis 

• Develop, prepare, and execute thermal tests to inform analysis and reduce risk on key hardware assemblies 

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• BS, MS, or higher degree in engineering, applied physics, or hard scien