Thermal Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind)
Core
Senior Thermal Engineer designing and analyzing cooling systems for high-power AI satellites (Starmind) to reject hundreds of kilowatts of heat to space.
Role type
Senior IC thermal-fluids engineer (space systems)
Builds
Satellite cooling stacks (cold plates, heat exchangers, radiators) for space-based AI compute
Domain
Aerospace / Space Systems / Thermal Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Conjugate heat transfer (CHT) analysis, Thermal-fluid network modeling (0-D/1-D), CFD simulation, Hardware testing & correlation, Manufacturing process knowledge, Python scripting
Preferred skills
Transient CHT CFD, High-heat-flux hardware experience, Siemens NX geometry, 0-D/1-D thermal-fluid network sizing, Automated analysis workflows
Technologies
STAR-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent/CFX, Siemens NX, Icepak, Flotherm
Responsibilities
Own CHT and thermal-fluid analysis of cold plates, heat exchangers, and radiator channels; Size and balance cooling loops (flow split, ΔP budget, loop ΔT, pump operating point); Drive cooling-loop architecture trades; Co-evolve geometry and materials for mass production; Predict component and system performance under wide thermal conditions; Own pre-test prediction, test design, and model-test correlation; Automate analysis workflows for design trades
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC