Thermal Engineer, Environmental Control Systems
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