Staff Thermal Engineer, Hypersonic Air Vehicles
Core
Thermal design and analysis of unmanned air vehicles operating in high-speed, demanding flight environments to ensure performance and reliability.
Role type
Staff Thermal Engineer (Hypersonic Air Vehicles)
Builds
Unmanned air vehicles and defense systems for U.S. and allied military capabilities
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Hypersonics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
heat transfer, fluid dynamics, high-speed flight thermal analysis, CFD (STAR-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent), FEA thermal solvers, thermal-structural coupling, ground testing with thermal instrumentation, MATLAB/Python tool development, formal technical documentation, CAD (SolidWorks, Siemens NX)
Preferred skills
material response modeling in extreme thermal environments, material degradation and surface phenomena, specialized thermal ground test facilities, chemical kinetics and finite-rate chemistry modeling, flight test instrumentation design, thermal-structural analysis codes (NASTRAN, Abaqus, ANSYS Mechanical), material characterization at elevated temperatures, manufacturing and assembly of thermal systems
Technologies
STAR-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent, MATLAB, Python, SolidWorks, Siemens NX, NASTRAN, Abaqus, ANSYS Mechanical
Responsibilities
Define thermal system architectures and material selection strategies; perform thermal analysis using CFD and FEA; conduct ground test planning, execution, and analysis; execute flight test planning and post-flight data analysis; collaborate on integrated solutions with aerodynamics, structures, and systems engineers; present thermal status at formal reviews; prepare formal documentation including specifications and test procedures
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic oversight
