Thermal Engineer, SpaceActive$175K

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.

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

What they're looking for

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