Senior Thermal Engineer

Gravitics, Inc•Denver, CO

4h•$135,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Gravitics is seeking a seasoned Senior Thermal Engineer to own thermal design and integration for orbital platforms. This role involves managing thermal interface requirements for internal and external customers, taking thermal systems from concept to launch. Responsibilities include writing architectures, requirements, and development roadmaps; performing component selection and detailed analysis; supervising manufacturing; and supporting test, qualification, and on-orbit operations. The role also includes mentoring junior engineers, presenting at design reviews, and contributing to proposals. The ideal candidate has deep thermal engineering expertise across the full hardware lifecycle, is comfortable with both theoretical analysis and practical testing, and proactively identifies and solves problems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university.
7+ years of post-baccalaureate thermal design, analysis, test, and troubleshooting experience in industry or university research.
Extensive space industry experience designing thermal systems from concept through manufacturing, test, and deployment.
System architecture design experience.
Expert-level proficiency in industry-standard thermal analysis tools such as Thermal Desktop or Siemens Simcenter.
Experience with design in Siemens NX.
Experience with thermal chamber testing in both ambient and vacuum environments.
Extensive hands-on experience with data acquisition instrumentation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presenting at design reviews.
Candidates must be willing to work on Civil, Commercial, and Defense-related projects.
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice To Haves

Flight experience with space thermal system design, development, and qualification.
Multiple test campaigns at the component or vehicle level.

Responsibilities

Own thermal design and integration for orbital structures, from concept through on-orbit operations.
Write and maintain system architectures, requirements documents, and development roadmaps.
Perform component selection and coarse and detailed thermal analysis.
Manage thermal interface requirements for internal teams and external customers.
Supervise contract or in-house manufacturing of thermal hardware.
Design and support test and qualification campaigns including thermal chamber testing.
Present work products confidently at engineering design reviews to internal and external stakeholders.
Contribute to proposals, funding opportunities, and research initiatives.
Mentor junior engineers and actively develop team capabilities.