Anduril
Senior Thermal Engineer
$161K–$212K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 13, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years designing, analyzing, or validating thermal systems for integrated hardware products.
- Education
- MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field with a focus on heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermal sciences, or thermal systems.
About the job
Own thermal design, analysis, and testing for integrated defense hardware, guiding engineering decisions from first-principles calculations through simulation and physical validation.
What you'll do
- Develop thermal architectures and models, and establish system performance limits and operating thresholds.
- Plan and execute prototype thermal tests, analyze results, and support failure investigations.
- Collaborate across engineering teams and communicate thermal risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations in design and customer reviews.
What they ask for
- MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field focused on heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermal sciences, or thermal systems.
- Strong first-principles knowledge of heat transfer and fluid dynamics, including transient thermal behavior.
- Experience supporting thermal design for aerospace, aircraft, rocket, missile, UAV, defense, or other high-performance hardware.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with thermal analysis platforms such as STAR-CCM+, ANSYS, Icepak, or Flotherm.
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, CAD tools, thermal testing, or thermal hardware design.
Pay
$161,000 — $212,000 USD base salary
Tools
MATLAB, Python, STAR-CCM+, ANSYS, Icepak, Flotherm, SolidWorks, Siemens NX
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