Thermal Engineer

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ year experience with Thermal Desktop (SINDA) and/or Ansys thermal analysis tools (ICEPAK, Fluent, mechanical, etc.)
• 2+ year experience with test planning, test set-up (thermocouple and heater installation), operating DAQ and power supplies, results correlation and system verification for production
• Experience in documentation and writing test reports.

Responsibilities

• Specific tasks that this individual will support are as follows:
• Kuiper Modem Module (0.5 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) - 12 months)
• Provide design inputs to the mechanical and electrical teams.
• Complete thermal modeling analysis using Ansys analysis tools.
• Develop comprehensive thermal analysis documentation.
• Develop thermal testing and qualification plan.
• Conduct thermal testing and model validation.
• Optical Communications Terminal v2 (OCT v2) (0.5 FTE - 12 months)
• Perform trade studies to select architecture of the electronic enclosures.
• Preliminary thermal analysis of printed circuit board assemblies.
• Collaborate with design team to develop preliminary designs.
• Define and execute development testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience.

Required Skills

• 3+ year experience with Thermal Desktop (SINDA) and/or Ansys thermal analysis tools (ICEPAK, Fluent, mechanical, etc.)
• 2+ year experience with test planning, test set-up (thermocouple and heater installation), operating DAQ and power supplies, results correlation and system verification for production
• Experience in documentation and writing test reports.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with avionics thermal design and analysis.
• CAD skills (NX or Solidworks).
• Experience with interpreting and correlating test data to thermal models.