Thermal Engineer, Hypersonic Air Vehicles
Core
Thermal design and analysis for unmanned hypersonic air vehicles operating in high-speed flight environments.
Role type
Thermal Engineer (Hypersonic Air Vehicles)
Builds
Unmanned air vehicles for defense applications
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, CFD, FEA, thermal analysis, material response modeling, transient thermal analysis, MATLAB, Python
Preferred skills
thermal-structural coupling, ground testing with thermal instrumentation, high-speed flight regimes, thermal protection systems, material degradation modeling, CAD (SolidWorks/Siemens NX)
Technologies
STAR-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent, MATLAB, Python, SolidWorks, Siemens NX
Responsibilities
Support thermal design and analysis at conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design maturities; Perform thermal analysis using CFD and FEA; Support material response modeling under combined thermal and mechanical loads; Conduct transient thermal analysis for mission profiles; Support ground test planning, execution, and analysis; Present thermal analysis results at design reviews; Prepare formal documentation (specifications, test procedures, technical reports)
Seniority
Mid-career, hands-on IC
