L3 Thermal Analyst - Lunar Transporter

Blue Origin • Huntsville, WA

14d

About The Position

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface. As part of a hardworking team of engineers, you will contribute to the definition and development of spacecraft thermal control systems. You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced and often uncertain environment, contributing to innovative solutions, while demonstrating personal leadership, technical competence, and attention to detail. You will work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program. We are looking for a thermal engineer to be responsible for the system level transient thermal analysis of lunar transport vehicles in ground, launch, Earth orbit, cis-lunar space, lunar orbit, and lunar surface environments using Thermal Desktop. Typical tasks include capturing system inputs, constructing and vetting analysis models, performing system level trade studies, generating temperature and heat transfer predictions, and documenting results.

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• 4-5 years of relevant Thermal Engineering/Analysis experience.
• Solid understanding of thermal fundamentals.
• Demonstrated thermal analysis skills.
• Familiarity with modeling spacecraft thermal performance using Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
• 8 years of relevant aerospace experience.
• Demonstrated expertise with modeling spacecraft thermal performance using Thermal Desktop and Sinda/Fluint.
• Experience solving a variety of thermal problems demonstrating breadth in analysis application.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C/C++, FORTRAN, Matlab).

Responsibilities

• Collect analysis inputs from stakeholders and responsible engineers
• Develop new or modified thermal analysis models to represent vehicle configuration and behavior
• Create analysis cases to evaluate vehicle thermal performance is worst case conditions
• Check own work and correct errors independently
• Post process analysis results to draw engineering conclusions from output data
• Author and publish analysis reports in various mediums to support engineering decision making
• Generate and present design review content to subsystem, vehicle and business unit partners and customers
• Create work plans, document progress and report status to leads and managers

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion.
• Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees