Varda Space
Thermofluids Engineer II
$120K–$153K
El Segundo, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 1+ years required; 3+ years preferred. The education requirement allows equivalent professional experience (typically 1–3+ years).
- Education
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience; a master’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent professional experience is preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Only U.S. persons are hired for access to export-controlled technology without an export license: U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or protected individuals admitted as refugees or granted asylum.
About the job
Designs and validates spacecraft thermal-management fluid systems for payload, vehicle, and propulsion applications through analysis, modeling, testing, and flight-data characterization.
What you'll do
- Develop active thermal-control systems and fluid-network models interfacing with the vehicle thermal model.
- Set fluid-system hardware and operational requirements using analysis and testing; support manufacturing and vehicle integration.
- Characterize propulsion thermofluid performance and develop data-processing infrastructure for ground and flight systems.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- 1+ years of thermofluids and/or propulsion systems experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong heat-transfer and incompressible-fluid-mechanics fundamentals; background in 0D and 1D thermal and/or fluid networks.
- Experience with a fluid or thermal modeling tool, hands-on thermal and TVAC testing, and MATLAB or equivalent for data processing and task automation.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of thermofluids and/or propulsion systems experience in a manufacturing environment; master’s degree in engineering or equivalent professional experience.
- Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, propulsion systems, or thruster-characterization experience.
Pay
USD $119,543- $152,749 per year (base salary)
Tools
SINDA/FLUINT, ANSYS, GFSSP, MATLAB, Thermal Desktop
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