Astranis
Thermal Engineer
$130K–$165K
San Francisco +1 · Full-time · Posted Mar 18, 2024
- Location
- San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 2+ years of experience in a thermal/mechanical role.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or physics.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required
About the job
Designs, analyzes, tests, and verifies thermal solutions for satellite components and spacecraft, from electronic chips to spacecraft-level thermal vacuum testing.
What you'll do
- Develop thermal designs and support design trades using passive and active thermal-control techniques.
- Analyze hardware thermally and design, procure, and test thermal solutions such as heaters, heat pipes, interface materials, and coatings.
- Develop integration procedures and plan and run component- and spacecraft-level thermal vacuum testing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or physics.
- 2+ years of experience in a thermal/mechanical role.
- Experience in thermal analysis and thermally-constrained design.
- Proficiency with mechanical CAD.
Nice to have
- Computational thermal design experience (finite methods).
- Experience with Thermal Desktop, ANSYS Mechanical or ANSYS IcePak, electronics packaging and PCB design, high vacuum systems, or vacuum/large-temperature-swing environments.
Pay
$130,000 — $165,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Thermal Desktop, ANSYS Mechanical, ANSYS IcePak, Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
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