Staff Thermal Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite in Long Beach, California, United States. The role is subject to U.S. export control requirements and requires U.S. person status or eligibility for deemed export licensing.

Salary: $175,480–$249,096 USD per year

Company

Develops next-generation commercial space stations for human presence in space, microgravity research and manufacturing, and the emerging space economy.

What you will do

• Develop thermal systems requirements and optimize thermal control designs through detailed analysis.
• Coordinate thermal engineering activities with other engineering disciplines.
• Document thermal analyses and designs and review drawings for thermal hardware content.
• Present analysis results and design details to internal management and external customers.
• Plan and execute subsystem-level thermal testing, especially thermal vacuum chamber testing, with supporting analyses.
• Assess the cost and schedule impacts of proposed technical changes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, physics, or a related engineering discipline with 10+ years of relevant experience, or a relevant master’s degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of technical principles for developing active thermal control systems.
• Expertise with Thermal Desktop.
• Extensive experience with thermal vacuum chamber testing.
• Must meet U.S. export control eligibility requirements as a U.S. person or be eligible for deemed export licensing.

Nice to have

• Spacecraft thermal systems design, analysis, integration, or space vehicle thermal design experience.
• Experience with FloCAD, Ansys Mechanical, SINDA/G, SINDA/FLUINT, TSS, Ansys Fluent, FloEFD, or StarCCM+.
• Experience with NX, CATIA, or CREO.
• Experience with active and passive thermal control technologies, including pumped fluid loops and heat pipes.
• Experience across the spacecraft lifecycle from concept and production through integration, testing, launch, and operations support.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Paid time off, parental leave, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan and mental healthcare support.
• Onsite meals, snacks, coffee, drinks, and other employee perks.