Spacecraft Thermal Engineer

Muon Space • Mountain View, CA

1d • $144,000 - $177,000

About The Position

Muon seeks an experienced Spacecraft Thermal Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate can go deep on design and analysis but also has a “systems mindset” and will be a force multiplier working with other disciplines to arrive at an elegant, well-balanced design. Being an early stage startup with a small team, both breadth and depth are extremely important. We expect this individual to be able to do detailed analysis in a finite element package, perform “hand calcs” for analytic results, specify thermal environments, limits and margins to other subsystems, design and execute thermal validation plans at both the system and module levels.

Requirements

• B.S. or higher degree in an engineering field, preferably Mechanical
• Extensive experience as an individual contributor thermal engineer
• 5+ years of experience working on thermal design/simulation for spacecraft or aerospace systems
• Experience with Thermal Desktop
• Experience running thermal simulations for spacecraft
• Experience designing and executing thermal tests (e.g. TVAC) for spacecraft
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
• A dedication to decision making based on the most important factors and data
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week

Nice To Haves

• Software skills in one or more of Python, Matlab, C, C++
• Experience as a systems engineer
• Mechanical CAD experience, Solidworks preferred
• Mechanical/structural analysis experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the thermal design efforts for a complete spacecraft mission lifecycle
• Design and define requirements for spacecraft thermal management subsystems working closely with other subsystem leads
• Build and execute simulations to understand on-orbit thermal performance
• Implement thermal components into Muon’s integrated systems modeling tools
• Design the thermal verification and validation approach for the spacecraft
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to validate hardware systems at both the unit level and spacecraft level

Benefits

• In addition to salary, full-time employees receive equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance.
• We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees