Thermal Engineer

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.

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

Specifics tasks that this individual will support are as follows:

• Kuiper Modem Module
• 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)
• 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.