Thermal Design Engineer V (Aerospace)

Location: Louisville, Colorado, United States; flexible for occasional telework, but must be local to the work location.

Projected compensation: $121,506.18–$181,352.50 annually; the posting also lists $1,000 under Salary.

Company

hirify.global's Orion Space Solutions designs and builds operational space payloads for national security, commercial, and advanced sensing missions, delivering mission-critical data for government and commercial customers.

What you will do

• Perform thermal system design and analysis for spacecraft and payloads at component, subsystem, and space-vehicle levels.
• Design thermal integration for processors, power supplies, cameras, optical assemblies, spacecraft buses, and other electronic components.
• Ensure thermal designs close properly while meeting thermal, cost, and schedule requirements.
• Perform FEM-based thermal model analysis using Ansys Thermal Desktop.
• Develop preliminary concepts through design verification and validation and transition designs to rate production.
• Collaborate with avionics, mechanical, structural, program management, and AI&T teams with a strong internal customer focus.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant engineering or computation field plus 10–12 years of professional experience in thermal engineering positions; alternatively, an MS plus 8–10 years or a PhD plus 5–7 years.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the space, aerospace, or another industry designing high-reliability products.
• Experience with thermal engineering design tools and methods, including Ansys Thermal Desktop, AutoCAD, and SolidWorks.

Nice to have

• Ability to perform mechanical engineering design tasks using SolidWorks in addition to primary thermal engineering duties.
• Understanding of GD&T tools and methods.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment with flexible occasional telework for local employees.
• No security clearance required.
• Benefits may include health insurance, life insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, short- and long-term disability, retirement and savings programs, learning and development opportunities, wellness programs, and optional benefit elections.
• Equal opportunity employment with federal government contractor status.