Specialist, Thermal Mechanical Engineer (Space Systems)

L3Harris•Rochester, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Specialist engineers are technical contributors on a multidisciplinary engineering team helping create the best overall system design. Primary responsibilities include thermal design, analysis, and test of complex optical systems for operating in harsh space and ground environments. Specialist engineers possess understanding of aerospace thermal engineering technology and payload architectures, spanning spacecraft sub-systems down to card and component levels. They create thermal models of complex components and assemblies to support design and development of the thermal control systems. In this role Specialist engineers proficiently use custom software in conjunction with Thermal Desktop and other Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools to perform detailed thermal analyses and support system development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or other related engineering or science degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance
Professional experience in thermal analysis tools such as Thermal Desktop (preferred), Sinda, Thermal Fluent, Flowtherm, Icepak, etc.
Experience in writing and reading code in either MATLAB, Python, or Fortran
Experience in applying thermal analysis results to thermal hardware design.

Nice To Haves

Active TS/SCI security clearance is preferred
Experience with thermal analysis of mechanical and electronic systems, in space, air or ground environments
Strong analytical skills with emphasis on using and/or directing finite element analysis (FEA)
Experience with structural finite element analysis software such as NASTRAN or ANSYS.
Able to support design decisions with well documented engineering analyses and calculations
Able to analyze problems and to focus and drive down to the root cause of problems quickly
Experience in automation and tool generation for use by other engineers within the organization.
Experience as a lead engineer, project engineer, or IPT lead is a plus.
Experience with Microsoft office tools, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Understanding of high level mission con-ops and their impacts on the thermal environment.

Responsibilities

Knowledge of system level thermal design & development, payload level integration and test, and risk mitigation for space-based environments
Perform thermal design and analysis tasks on complex mechanical hardware including precision mechanisms, electro-mechanical devices, aerospace mechanism design, complex electronics packaging, supporting space-based deployable mechanisms, avionics, innovative thermal and ground-based systems
Create and analyze design concepts using FEA & thermal analysis software.
Experience with programming in MATLAB and engineering task automation.
Program support also includes requirements derivation and verification, system architecture development, loads derivation, trade studies, design sensitivity/optimization studies, preliminary and final design analysis, generation of analysis documentation (including presentation materials, and deliverable data packages), and leading system test activities
Organization of thermal design and analysis as an IPT lead; frequently interfacing directly with customer technical leads and management.
Documenting and presenting design & analysis results to customers at formal gate and design reviews.
Development of thermal test plans to manufacture and test payload sensor systems
Support new business opportunities and mentor junior level staff
Work multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and adapt quickly to changing situations