Specialist, Thermal Engineer

Location: On-site in Palm Bay, Florida, Chantilly, Virginia, or Carlsbad, California

Company

Develops defense technology and mission-critical systems spanning space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains for U.S. Government customers.

What you will do

• Perform thermal analysis for custom electromechanical hardware from concept development through integration and testing.
• Use thermodynamics and fluid mechanics principles to analyze conduction, convection, heating, and cooling systems.
• Run conjugate heat transfer and computational fluid dynamics simulations to predict component- and system-level thermal responses.
• Collaborate with operations, quality, procurement, and other engineering disciplines to develop and document design solutions.
• Support program milestones including PDR, CDR, and TRR, while reporting progress, risks, schedule, cost, and technical status.
• Review the work of new graduate engineers, designers, and technicians and support onboarding and university outreach.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 4 years of relevant experience, graduate degree with at least 2 years of related experience, or 8 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with first-order thermal analysis, including conduction and convection.
• Experience with CFD software; FloEFD is preferred, while Ansys, Icepak, StarCCM, OpenFOAM, and Flotherm are acceptable.
• Experience in thermal analysis for electronics packaging and testing for military environments, including temperature, vibration, and shock.
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling tools such as PTC Creo, Catia, NX, Fusion 360, or SolidWorks, plus strong hands-on integration skills.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance; security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

Nice to have

• Active Top Secret or Top Secret/SCI clearance, including a clearance active within the past two years.
• Active polygraph.
• Experience presenting technical concepts to program leadership.
• Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary engineering environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a lab and hardware-development environment supporting next-generation defense technologies.
• 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.
• Opportunities to support onboarding, career fairs, and university outreach.
• Inclusive workplace focused on professional growth, community commitment, and work-life success.