Thermal Analyst III, CFD - Lunar Permanence
About The Position
This role is part of Blue Origin’s Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Moon landers and related products. The position is on the Lunar Core Components Heat Transfer team and provides thermal analysis expertise for Lunar vehicle architectures. The Thermal Analyst will contribute to a team developing thermal hardware for lunar landers and advancing designs through build, test, and verification. The role calls for technical expertise, leadership, a commitment to quality, and passion for safe human spaceflight. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, at least five years of relevant thermal engineering experience, strong heat-transfer and fluid-system fundamentals, and experience with component-level CFD methods and thermal analysis tools. Preferred qualifications include advanced education or equivalent experience, deeper aerospace and fluid-loop expertise, modeling and test-correlation skills, and familiarity with aerospace practices and fluid-system P&IDs. Relocation is provided, and travel is expected up to 20% of the time.
Requirements
- Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering.
- At least 5 years of relevant Thermal Engineering experience.
- Strong grasp of heat transfer and fluid system fundamentals.
- Familiarity with heat exchangers, cold plates, radiators, and other common spacecraft hardware.
- Experience designing, sizing, building, and/or testing hardware.
- Basic experience with CAD software; preferably Creo.
- Experience with computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation methods for component-level analysis.
- Experience with thermal analysis software tools such as Thermal Desktop, FloCAD, MATLAB, Python scripting, CFD++, or Ansys Fluint.
- Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams to deliver results.
Nice To Haves
- M.S. or Ph.D., or equivalent experience, in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or related technical subject areas.
- 7+ years of relevant aerospace experience.
- Solid understanding of pumped fluid loop hardware such as pumps, cold plates, radiators, valves, and heat exchangers, and semi-passive devices like sensors and heaters.
- Experience solving a variety of thermal problems, demonstrating breadth in application.
- Significant experience with thermal analysis software tools such as Thermal Desktop, FloCAD, MATLAB, Python scripting, CFD++, or Ansys Fluint.
- Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tools.
- Demonstrated experience anchoring first-principles models to higher-fidelity simulations and test data.
- Experience modeling steady-state and transient systems, specifically thermal and fluid systems.
- Understanding of aerospace best practices, methods, and procedures.
- Experience supporting testing and correlating models with test data.
- Experience creating P&IDs of fluid systems for compressible, incompressible, and two-phase systems.
Responsibilities
- Provide thermal analysis expertise to Lunar vehicle architectures.
- Contribute to development of thermal hardware for lunar landers.
- Drive thermal designs through build, test, and verification.
- Apply technical expertise, leadership skills, and a commitment to quality to support safe human spaceflight.
Benefits
- Relocation provided.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Basic and supplemental life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- 401(k) with company match of up to 5%.
- Education Support Program.
- Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
- Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours.
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on company discretion; amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
