Anduril
Staff Thermal Engineer, Space
$191K–$254K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Staff · 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 to access export-controlled data.
About the job
Own thermal design, analysis, architecture, and testing for space vehicle or payload programs.
What you'll do
- Define thermal environments, budgets, requirements, and thermal architectures for space hardware.
- Perform thermal modeling and analysis, including first-order calculations and electronic component thermal management.
- Plan and execute thermal vacuum, thermal balance, and thermal cycle tests; develop tools to improve analysis.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or higher degree in engineering, applied physics, or hard science.
- Demonstrated knowledge of heat transfer and application of first-order hand calculations.
- Proficiency in Thermal Desktop or equivalent thermal simulation tool; thermal experience with spacecraft components.
- Hands-on hardware prototyping and thermal testing experience; experience with CAD, instrumentation, data post-processing, and model correlation.
Nice to have
- Siemens NX; design or test experience on a space platform.
- Experience with Python or MATLAB, FloCAD and SINDA/FLUINT, or full lifecycle space hardware development.
Pay
$191,000 — $254,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Thermal Desktop, MATLAB, Python, CAD, Siemens NX, FloCAD, SINDA/FLUINT
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