Anduril
Senior Thermal Engineer, Space
$161K–$212K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Nov 21, 2025
- Education
- BS, MS, or higher degree in engineering, applied physics, or hard science.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Person status is required because the position needs access to export-controlled data.
About the job
Own thermal design, analysis, and testing for spacecraft or payload programs, including thermal architecture, budgets, requirements, and hardware validation.
What you'll do
- Define thermal environments, budgets, requirements, and architectures for space vehicles or payloads.
- Perform thermal modeling and analysis, including first-order calculations and PCBA/component thermal management.
- Plan and execute thermal vacuum, thermal balance, and thermal cycle tests; develop tools to improve analysis.
What they ask for
- Degree in engineering, applied physics, or hard science.
- Demonstrated heat-transfer knowledge and ability to use first-order calculations to guide thermal design and verify models.
- Proficiency in Thermal Desktop or an equivalent thermal simulation tool; spacecraft-component thermal experience.
- Hands-on hardware prototyping and thermal testing experience; CAD, instrumentation selection, data post-processing, and model correlation experience.
Nice to have
- Siemens NX; design or test experience on a space platform.
- Python or MATLAB thermal-analysis coding; FloCAD and SINDA/FLUINT; ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Pay
$161,000 — $212,000 USD base salary
Tools
Thermal Desktop, MATLAB, Python, Siemens NX, FloCAD, SINDA/FLUINT
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