CareerPlan

Thermal Engineer, Environmental Control Systems

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$129k2026-09-30 → 2026-11-10
Based in United StatesSecurity clearance required

Core

Own thermal design, analysis, and validation of thermal management and environmental control systems (ECS) for air vehicles and advanced defense platforms.

Role type

Senior IC thermal engineer (defense systems)

Builds

High-performance, resilient thermal management systems for military air vehicles

Domain

Defense / Aerospace thermal engineering

Required skills

heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermal systems design, thermal modeling and simulation, system architecture definition, trade study analysis, test data correlation, root-cause analysis

Preferred skills

Simcenter Amesim, Simscape, GT-SUITE, MATLAB, Python, CAD (Siemens NX, SolidWorks), hydraulic/fuel/coolant circuit analysis, heat exchanger sizing

Technologies

Simcenter Amesim, Simscape, GT-SUITE, MATLAB, Python, Siemens NX, SolidWorks

Responsibilities

Define thermal management architecture and heat-sink strategy; size and rate heat exchangers, cold plates, pumps, fans, and valves; develop steady-state and transient system models; correlate models to test and flight data; lead prototype builds and ground testing; present thermal status and tradeoffs at reviews; develop internal analysis tools; support failure reviews and root-cause analysis.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC