Muon Space
Thermal Engineer II
$153K–$172K
San Jose, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years (BS+5 / MS+3) in spacecraft or aerospace thermal engineering.
- Education
- B.S. or higher in Mechanical, Aerospace, Physics, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must meet the stated U.S. export-controlled information access requirements: be a U.S. person, be eligible to access the information without export authorization, or be eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required authorization.
About the job
Owns thermal design and analysis for spacecraft assemblies and subsystems, supporting verification and TVAC testing.
What you'll do
- Build thermal models and conduct hand calculations, margin assessments, and transient analyses.
- Own subsystem thermal analysis, size radiators and heaters, and define thermal limits and margins.
- Support thermal verification and TVAC campaigns, coordinate interfaces, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- Independent use of a thermal analysis package (Thermal Desktop or equivalent).
- Experience with TVAC or other spacecraft thermal testing.
- Solid grasp of conduction and radiation fundamentals and hand calculations.
- B.S. or higher in Mechanical, Aerospace, Physics, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Scripting in Python or Matlab; Mechanical CAD (SolidWorks preferred).
- Experience with IR-imaging systems or spacecraft payloads.
Pay
$153,000 - $172,000 USD base salary
Tools
Thermal Desktop, Python, Matlab, SolidWorks
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