Sr. Thermal Engineer - Spacecraft Analysis, AI Satellites (Starmind)
Core
Own the vehicle-level thermal model and mission environments for Starmind AI satellites, defining heat-rejection architecture and system thermal budgets to manage hundreds of kilowatts of dissipation via radiation in space.
Role type
Senior IC spacecraft thermal analysis engineer
Builds
AI satellite constellation (Starmind) with high-power compute payloads
Domain
Aerospace / Space Systems / Thermal Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Vehicle-level thermal modeling, System thermal budgeting, Heat-rejection architecture trades, TVAC/thermal balance testing, Model correlation with flight telemetry, Automated analysis workflows
Preferred skills
Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, Transient analysis under varied workloads, Hardware TVAC testing instrumentation, Material selection for orbital environments, Python scripting
Technologies
Thermal Desktop, SINDA/FLUINT, Python
Responsibilities
Own the vehicle-level thermal model for Starmind satellites; Define environments across entire vehicle lifecycle; Drive heat-rejection architecture trades; Own the system thermal budget; Own integrated TVAC/thermal balance tests; Evaluate on-orbit performance to improve model accuracy; Automate analysis workflows
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC