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Starcloud

Lead Thermal Engineer

Redmond, WA · On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

We're a small team of exceptional engineers, backed by leading investors, building in person in ... The role You'll own the thermal architecture, design, analysis, testing, and flight execution of ...

Anduril Industries

Thermal Design Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA · On-site

$112K - $149K/yr

The team works across high-power, tightly integrated products where thermal architecture, analysis ... Apply first-principles engineering judgment using hand calculations, spreadsheets, and MATLAB ...

Visa Hunt

Thermal Design Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA · On-site

$125 - $150/hr

The team works across high-power, tightly integrated products where thermal architecture, analysis ... Apply first-principles engineering judgment using hand calculations, spreadsheets, and MATLAB ...

Talanto

$125 - $150/hr

About the Team The Thermal Engineering team enables Anduril's rapid hardware development cycle by ... The team works across high‑power, tightly integrated products where thermal architecture ...

Rivian

Staff Thermal Attributes Engineer

Irvine, CA · On-site

$154K - $192K/yr

... thermal architecture • Drive the overall integration of front-end and underhood thermal ... Thermal Engineering, and Controls. • Establish front-end airflow targets using a deep ...

Talanto

Thermal Design Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA · On-site

$125 - $150/hr

About the Team The Thermal Engineering team enables Anduril's rapid hardware development cycle by ... The team works across high‑power, tightly integrated products where thermal architecture ...

Starcloud

Lead Thermal Engineer

Redmond, WA · On-site

$200K - $250K/yr

We're a small team of exceptional engineers, backed by leading investors, building in person in ... The role You'll own the thermal architecture, design, analysis, testing, and flight execution of ...

Rivian

Staff Thermal Attributes Engineer

Irvine, CA · On-site

$154K - $192K/yr

... thermal architecture • Drive the overall integration of front-end and underhood thermal ... Thermal Engineering, and Controls. • Establish front-end airflow targets using a deep ...

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Staff Thermal Engineer, Space

Costa Mesa, CA • On-site

Anduril Industries
Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing • 501 - 1,000 employees
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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, analysis, test, and associated component vendor management of a space hardware development 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 good thermal architecture to withstand the space environments. Define and quantify hot, cold, and any other edge cases that drive the system.
  • Communicate pros/cons of system architecture with respect to thermal considerations.
  • Present thermal status at formal reviews internally and with customers. Provide clear understanding of timelines and technical status.
  • 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.
  • Develop a database of materials, thermal properties, and vendors of thermal hardware for use in space.
  • Support failure reviews and root-cause analysis with test data and thermal analysis.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • BS, MS, or higher degree in engineering, applied physics, or hard science
  • Demonstrated knowledge of heat transfer in academic and/or professional setting
  • Proficiency in Thermal Desktop or equivalent thermal simulation tool
  • Hands on experience prototyping hardware and conducting thermal tests. Experience with CAD, selecting instrumentation, post-processing data, correlating models
  • CAD experience (Siemens NX preferred)
  • Passion for defending the United States and her allies
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • 10+ years professional experience as a thermal analyst using Thermal Desktop
  • Design or test experience on a space platform
  • Experience developing code in higher-level languages like Python or MATLAB for applications like lumped thermal capacitance steady state and transient analysis
  • Be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

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Anduril Industries is a trailblazer in the technology industry based in Costa Mesa, CA, US. Founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey, the creator of Oculus VR, the company focuses on developing innovative technology to equip and empower those in the defense sector. Its primary products include cutting-edge autonomous systems and AI software that assist in combating threats to national and global security. The mission of Anduril Industries is to integrate technology and defense by building transformative, scalable solutions that ensure a safer world.

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Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing

Company size

501 - 1,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Costa Mesa, CA, US

Year founded

2017

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