Anduril
Thermal Engineer
$132K–$175K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Jul 13, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years.
- 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 advanced defense hardware, guiding design decisions and improving thermal engineering tools and methods.
What you'll do
- Develop thermal architectures and use analysis, simulation, and test data to guide design decisions and establish operating limits.
- Plan and execute prototype builds and thermal tests, including instrumentation, data acquisition, analysis, and documentation.
- Work across engineering teams and present 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.
- 2+ years of experience designing, analyzing, or validating thermal systems for integrated hardware products.
- Strong first-principles understanding of heat transfer and fluid dynamics, and experience supporting thermal design for aerospace, defense, or other high-performance hardware.
- Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs and 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; MATLAB or Python; and CAD tools.
- Experience designing thermal hardware, executing thermal tests, supporting design or flight reviews, or developing reusable analysis tools.
Pay
$132,000 — $175,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MATLAB, Python, STAR-CCM+, ANSYS, Icepak, Flotherm, SolidWorks, Siemens NX
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