Staff Thermal Engineer

Gravitics•Houston, FL

About The Position

Gravitics designs and manufactures large-scale orbital structures for commercial operations and defense and government missions. The Staff Thermal Engineer owns thermal design and integration across in-house and purchased subsystems, and manages thermal interface requirements for internal teams and external customers. The role covers the hardware lifecycle from concept through launch and on-orbit operations, including architecture and requirements development, component selection, analysis, manufacturing oversight, testing, qualification, and operational support. The engineer also mentors junior engineers, contributes to proposals and research initiatives, and presents at engineering design reviews.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university.
At least 9 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 and confidence presenting at design reviews.
Willingness to work on Civil, Commercial, and Defense-related projects.

Nice To Haves

Flight experience with space thermal system design, development, and qualification.
Experience with 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 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.