Thermal Analysis Engineer (Mechanical Engineer II)

Lockheed Martin•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Lockheed Martin Space is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join our Missile Flight Sciences team in Sunnyvale, CA! This position will have the exciting opportunity to support the Aerothermal team, and the successful candidate will be responsible for performing thermal analyses on missile subsystem-level hardware & avionics packages for the FBM D5LE2 program. This role involves ownership of computational, physics-based modeling, simulations, and results, correlating model results to subsystem & package requirements, and supporting risk mitigation. The engineer will work and interact with multiple engineering fields across multiple sites, present key findings and results to internal and external customers & stakeholders, provide recommendations to support peer and customer reviews, and leverage thermal analysis expertise to support key program milestone reviews. Additionally, the role includes providing documentation and recommendations to data packages to support key discussions, and presenting analysis data to engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel at technical interchange meetings and program milestone design reviews.

Requirements

Prior work experience in one or more of the following topics: thermodynamics, heat transfer, aero heating, material properties, or computer programming
Prior educational or work experience with heating and cooling analysis
Experience analyzing thermal systems and subsystem-level components, particularly electronic/avionic packages under operating environments and providing cooling/insulation recommendations
Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance; US citizenship is required

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience in the following topics: thermodynamic analysis, heat transfer analysis, aeroheating analysis, material properties & characterization, and computer programming (Matlab, Python, Fortran)
Strong mathematical, analytic, and data processing skills
Experience with any of the following software packages: NX Thermal (Preferred), Thermal Desktop, SINDA, TSS, Abaqus
Knowledge or experience with testing & instrumentation including test procedure development, instrumentation definition, test direction, and post-test model correlation
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including MS Office proficiency
Experience with modern collaboration tools, such as Jira and Confluence
Active Top Secret clearance

Responsibilities

Performing thermal analyses on missile subsystem-level hardware & avionics packages for the FBM D5LE2 program
Ownership of computational, physics-based modeling, simulations, and results
Correlate model results to subsystem & package requirements and support risk mitigation
Work and interact with multiple engineering fields across multiple sites
Present key findings and results to internal and external customers & stakeholder
Provide recommendations to support peer and customer reviews
Leverage thermal analysis expertise to support key program milestone reviews
Provide documentation and recommendations to data packages to support key discussions, present analysis data to engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel at technical interchange meetings and program milestone design reviews