Sr. Thermal Engineer - Fluids Analysis, AI Satellites (Starmind)
Core
Senior Thermal Engineer responsible for conjugate heat transfer and thermal-fluid analysis of high-performance cold plates, heat exchangers, and radiator channels for AI satellites, ensuring efficient heat rejection to space.
Role type
Senior IC thermal-fluids engineer (space systems)
Builds
Satellite cooling stacks for high-performance AI compute payloads
Domain
Aerospace / Space Systems / Thermal Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Conjugate heat transfer (CHT) analysis, Thermal-fluid network modeling (0-D/1-D), CFD simulation, Hardware testing and correlation, Manufacturing constraint analysis, Python scripting
Preferred skills
Steady/transient CHT CFD, Hand-calc checks for mesh and turbulence, Watertight CFD geometry creation, Package/board-level thermal tools, Scripting analysis workflows
Technologies
STAR-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent/CFX, Siemens NX, Icepak, Flotherm
Responsibilities
Own CHT and thermal-fluid analysis of high-performance cold plates, heat exchangers, and radiator channels; Own the system 0-D/1-D thermal-fluid network to size and balance cooling loops; Drive cooling-loop architecture trades with hardware and vehicle-level thermal teammates; Co-evolve geometry, materials and processes with hardware owners; Predict component and system performance under wide range of flow and thermal conditions; Own pre-test prediction, test design, and model-test correlation for fluid component and integrated thermal tests; Automate analysis workflows for re-running trades as designs and boundary conditions change
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC