Spacecraft Thermal Engineer II

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; based out of hirify.global’s global headquarters

Base pay: $95,000–$125,000 USD per year for California.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end aerospace company building rockets, spacecraft, payloads, and critical space systems for commercial, exploration, and national security missions.

What you will do

• Complete thermal modeling and analysis of spacecraft and space vehicle components.
• Conduct thermal design trade studies balancing performance margins, resources, risk, cost, and schedule.
• Identify and resolve thermal design, acceptance, and performance issues.
• Design and execute thermal tests, including testing of spacecraft components and assemblies.
• Validate thermal models using test and in-flight data.
• Coordinate with program, design, test, and other engineering teams and research thermal-control material vendors.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or another engineering discipline.
• At least 2 years of thermal engineering experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• For U.S. office roles, eligibility under ITAR requirements is required, such as U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, refugee or asylee status, or applicable government authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in aerospace, mechanical, or another engineering discipline.
• Experience with heat transfer, thermal systems, passive thermal management, heat pipes, and multi-layer insulation.
• Experience with Thermal Desktop, SINDA, THERMICA, ANSYS, NX Space Systems Thermal, Siemens NX, and Teamcenter.
• Experience planning and analyzing thermal balance tests, 0-D and 1-D thermal/fluid networks, and using Python or MATLAB.
• Knowledge of launch and on-orbit operations, orbital mechanics, and attitude dynamics.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee stock and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, disability, and life insurance benefits.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, and parental leave.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Fitness, EV charging, gym, food and beverage, merchandise, and other employee discounts.
• Work may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to production-area noise, dust, and fumes.