Anduril
Senior Thermal Engineer
$146K–$194K
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, testing, and cross-functional decision-making for advanced defense hardware, including drones, aircraft, missiles, and related flight systems.
What you'll do
- Design thermal architectures and use hand calculations, models, FEA, and CFD to guide design decisions and set operating limits.
- Plan and execute prototype builds and thermal tests, analyze results, and support failure investigations.
- Communicate thermal risks, tradeoffs, timelines, and recommendations in internal and customer-facing 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 understanding of heat transfer and fluid dynamics.
- 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 tools such as STAR-CCM+, ANSYS, Icepak, or Flotherm.
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, spreadsheets, thermal hardware, thermal testing, or CAD tools.
Pay
$146,000 — $194,000 USD base salary
Tools
MATLAB, Python, STAR-CCM+, ANSYS, Icepak, Flotherm, SolidWorks, Siemens NX
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