Senior Thermal Engineer Temp

SPACEWORKS

At SpaceWorks Enterprises we specialize in next-generation high-speed flight systemshumanand robotic spacecraft as well as entry descent & landing technologies. Our core competencies include conducting preliminary design of aerospace concepts performing detailed multidisciplinary engineering analysis developing commercial aerospace software prototyping spacecraft hardware components and conducting market and economic research within the aerospace industry. We serve clients from the Department of Defense NASA and the commercial space sector.

THE ROLE

SpaceWorks is seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer on a temporary basis to support our Aerosciences and Structures team. Open to remote work with preference in GA NC TN IL LA MD AL or TX.

A successful candidate will:

• Have intuition and experience modeling and/or simulating thermal response of supersonic/hypersonic aircraft and/or spacecraft.
• Able to work well as part of a small multidisciplinary team of technical staff to design complex systems and contribute to existing code bases.
• Exhibit a can do and want to attitude - bringing an open-minded approach and a bias toward finding solutions.
• Have experience supporting activities in modeling simulation analysis and design of high-speed flight systems including exo-atmospheric endo-atmospheric re-entry and launch systems.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

• Support thethermal design and analysis
• Analyze launch vehicle thermal environments and component-level performance in support of design functions
• Predict thermal loads heat rates surface temperatures on hypersonic flight vehicle (both internal and external)
  
• Train others on thermal analysis in Thermal Desktop

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelors Mastersor Doctorate degree in Aerospace Engineering
• 5 years of related aerospace industry experiencecontributing
• Must have a strong first principles understanding of radiative convective and conductive heat transfer
• Basic understanding of launch vehicle missile and/or aircraft thermal management and design including radiative conductive and ablative materials and their heat shield applications
• Proficiency in thermal modeling using thermal analysis tools such as Thermal Desktop FIAT ANSYS SINDA/FLUINT Sentry COMSOL etc.
• Proficiency in computer aided design tools such as Solid Works Unigraphics NX CATIA PTC Creo and/or Solid Edge
  
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
  
• Relevant work or project experience in the design/modeling of hypersonic atmospheric vehicles Earth-to-orbit launch systems or human & robotic spacecraft
• Experience in multidisciplinary design optimization in Matlab Python and/or Julia
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced multidisciplinary collaborative environment with ownership and autonomy typical of a small business
• Must be a U.S. citizenand be immediately eligible to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE...

• Familiarity with federal military and industry standards requirements and best practices for thermal design analysis and test
• Experience with thermal-aerodynamic-structural design interactions specifically in supersonic and hypersonic flight environments
• Software development and programming skills in multiple software languages including Python Java Matlab or C/C
  
• Experience in relevant aerospace-oriented flight development programs (e.g. UAVs missiles CubeSats)
• Basic knowledge of Monte Carlo analysis uncertainty analysis or risk analysis
• Smallbusiness experience

Check out our website to learn more about us and apply so that we can learn more about you! is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.

Required Experience:

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