Thermal Engineer (Top Secret)

Federal Staffing Solutions Inc.•Boulder, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Federal Staffing Solutions is seeking a Thermal Engineer to work in Boulder, CO supporting our client. We connect our employees with some of the best opportunities around. When you work with us, you build a relationship with a team of employment professionals in your community who have, in turn, built professional relationships with the businesses that are hiring.

Requirements

Top Secret clearance
Experience with Thermal Desktop (preferred version 26R2)
Experience with steady state and transient thermal math modeling
Experience with computation of heat transfer coefficients
Experience with heat flow calculations
Experience with Space Vehicle (SV) level thermal distortion analysis
Experience with Thermal radiator and heat pipe sizing/design trade studies
Experience with High thermal conductivity plate modeling/design
Experience with Solar array model development and analysis
Experience with SV Heater sizing, design and placement including control sensor locations
Experience with Ambient testing analysis
Experience with General SV level modeling and analysis
Experience with Propulsion level design/analysis
Experience with Propulsion system heater sizing, design and placement including control sensor locations
Experience with Battery level thermal analysis
Experience with Battery heater sizing, design and placement including control sensor locations
Experience with Requirements verification
Experience designing/developing thermal environmental tests required to satisfy requirements (in air and/or vacuum)
Experience supporting thermal environmental testing
Experience writing detailed reports for test and analysis activities
Experience creating presentations to customers and/or program team
Experience developing engineering reports and/or test procedures
Experience reviewing drawings, procedures and engineering orders for completeness, compatibility, producibility, and correctness
Ability to communicate the technical and programmatic aspects of a project to the team and customer
Ability to lead small teams (up to five engineers) to design, develop and deliver a thermal control system
Experience working in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) design environment with other engineering disciplines such as Systems, Electrical, Project, Production, M&P, Quality and Cryogenic Engineering
Responsible for meeting program cost, schedule, and technical requirements
Ability to maintain and update required records and reports
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Support Units and the Company.
Ability to interact appropriately with others to maintain a positive and productive work environment

Nice To Haves

Experience with Thermal Desktop version 26R2

Responsibilities

Thermal design and analysis of spacecraft and/or precision aerospace electro-mechanical, and/or opto-mechanical flight hardware systems, cryo systems, antenna communication systems, tactical systems, components and/or ground support equipment from concept through detail design and testing
Develop thermal loads and environments for hardware (spacecraft, instruments, etc.)
Model extensively in Thermal Desktop (preferred version 26R2)
Modeling tasks may include steady state and transient thermal math modeling, computation of heat transfer coefficients, and heat flow calculations.
Potential analyses include: Space Vehicle (SV) level thermal distortion analysis, Thermal radiator and heat pipe sizing/design trade studies, High thermal conductivity plate modeling/design, Solar array model development and analysis, SV Heater sizing, design and placement including control sensor locations, Ambient testing analysis, General SV level modeling and analysis, Propulsion level design/analysis, Propulsion system heater sizing, design and placement including control sensor locations, Battery level thermal analysis, Battery heater sizing, design and placement including control sensor locations, Requirements verification
Design/develop thermal environmental tests required to satisfy requirements (in air and/or vacuum)
Support thermal environmental testing
Write detailed reports for test and analysis activities, presentations to customers and/or program team and development of engineering reports and/or test procedures
Review drawings, procedures and engineering orders for completeness, compatibility, producibility, and correctness
Communicate the technical and programmatic aspects of a project to the team and customer
Promote development of a strong team by participating in key aspects of a project
Lead small teams (up to five engineers) to design, develop and deliver a thermal control system
Work in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) design environment with other engineering disciplines such as Systems, Electrical, Project, Production, M&P, Quality and Cryogenic Engineering
Responsible for meeting program cost, schedule, and technical requirements
Maintain and update required records and reports
Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Support Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others to maintain a positive and productive work environment
Work on-site Monday through Friday, five (5) days per week unless test support requires 24/7 coverage
Deliverables: Thermal Desktop 26R2 including .dwg, .rco and .tdp
Deliverables: PowerPoint results summary and comparison with supporting Excel spreadsheet file
Deliverables: PowerPoint document of modeling approach, assumptions and model physical attributes (optical properties, capacitance, conductivities, MLI effective emittance)
Deliverables: For each assigned task, provide an engineering report defining effort and results