Anduril
Thermal Engineer, Space
$132K–$175K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 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
Owns thermal design, analysis, and testing for spacecraft or payload programs, from defining thermal environments and budgets through hardware design and validation.
What you'll do
- Define thermal environments, budgets, requirements, architectures, and hardware selections for space vehicles or payloads.
- Perform thermal analysis using first-principles calculations and models, including support for electronics and PCBA thermal management.
- Plan and execute thermal vacuum, balance, and cycle testing; develop tools and correlate test data with models.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or higher degree in engineering, applied physics, or hard science.
- Demonstrated heat-transfer knowledge and ability to use first-order calculations to guide thermal architectures and verify higher-fidelity models.
- Proficiency in Thermal Desktop or equivalent thermal simulation tool; thermal experience with spacecraft components.
- Hands-on hardware prototyping and thermal testing experience; CAD, instrumentation, data post-processing, and model-correlation experience.
Nice to have
- Siemens NX; design or test experience on a space platform.
- Experience with Python or MATLAB, FloCAD, and SINDA/FLUINT; ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Pay
$132,000 — $175,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Thermal Desktop, Siemens NX, Python, MATLAB, FloCAD, SINDA/FLUINT
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