Thermal Analysis Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, United States

Company

hirify.global supports NASA human spaceflight missions and the development of reliable aerospace systems.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain simplified to high-fidelity spacecraft thermal models using Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, and related tools.
• Perform steady-state and transient thermal analyses for spacecraft components, subsystems, and integrated vehicles across nominal and off-nominal mission phases.
• Conduct thermal sensitivity studies for vendor vehicle designs, Government Furnished Equipment, and requirements development.
• Support thermal verification and validation, including test planning, thermal vacuum testing, data analysis, and model correlation.
• Collaborate with design, systems engineering, mission operations, and hardware development teams to optimize PTCS and ATCS architectures.
• Review designs, participate in technical reviews and anomaly investigations, and present analysis results to NASA customers and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent residency is required.
• Background check required.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
• At least 2–5 years of relevant engineering experience; the position may be considered at multiple levels.
• Experience with thermal analysis tools such as Thermal Desktop, COMSOL, ANSYS Fluent, or similar software.
• Strong understanding of heat transfer, spacecraft thermal environments, thermal design validation, and requirements compliance.

Nice to have

• 5–10 years of relevant engineering experience and aerospace thermal analysis or design experience.
• Proficiency with Thermal Desktop.
• Experience with Passive or Active Thermal Control System hardware design, analysis, testing, certification, or operations.
• Familiarity with NASA Johnson Space Center processes, engineering lifecycles, and requirements verification.
• Leadership experience coordinating work across technical disciplines.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with NASA customers and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Contribute to crewed and uncrewed human spaceflight missions.
• Support engineering activities across the full lifecycle, from design through verification and operations.