Thermal Design Engineer, Amazon Leo (Satellites)

Amazon • Redmond, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Leo is seeking a Thermal Design Engineer to join its satellite network. The role involves supporting architectural trades with preliminary thermal analysis, performing detailed analysis of spacecraft subsystems, developing automated scripts for rapid analysis updates, designing and analyzing heat pipes, defining and executing test setups for thermal cycling and TVAC tests, correlating test results with models, defining and selecting test equipment, conducting prototype testing, planning and executing characterization and qualification tests, documenting design evolution, and supporting thermal design for terrestrial equipment using CFD analysis. The Thermal Team is responsible for thermal design solutions for all components in Amazon Leo’s satellites and customer terminals, working with various engineering disciplines to optimize performance, mass, cost, and reliability over the satellite's lifetime.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent
• 1+ years of experience with thermal analysis software, including writing custom scripts to enable rapid design trades and iterations for system and subsystem optimizations for various use cases.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in mechanical engineering or related field.
• Experience with spacecraft thermal design and delivering design solutions optimized for mass, cost, reliability, performance, manufacturability.
• Experience developing hardware and spacecraft that have been to space and successfully operated as intended.
• Developing spacecraft thermal solutions for high power flux components.
• CAD skills (NX or Solidworks).
• Experience with interpreting and correlating data from on-orbit telemetry.

Responsibilities

• Support extensive architectural trades with preliminary thermal analysis on spacecraft and subsystems for orbital operational conditions and vehicle control options.
• Perform from conceptual to detailed analysis of Bus and Payload subsystems, components and mechanisms.
• Develop automated scripts enabling rapid analysis updates accommodating trades (power states, duty cycles, structural mapping).
• Design, analyze and select heat pipes as needed for bus and payload components.
• Define and execute test setups for thermal cycling and TVAC tests for development and qualification testing at subsystem and vehicle level, and correlate test results with mission operations models.
• Define and select test equipment as needed (e.g., sensors, data logging equipment etc.)
• Perform thermal model correlation using test results.
• Conduct testing of prototypes and engineering models for fast design feedback loops.
• Plan and execute characterization, qualification and acceptance tests.
• Document trades and design evolution, and preparation of materials for design review gates.
• Support thermal design for terrestrial equipment and systems with CFD analysis.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level