Systems Engineer, Thermal Hardware - Lunar Permanence
Core
Define and decompose vehicle thermal requirements into actionable specifications for Blue Moon lander architectures, ensuring hardware meets mission needs through design, testing, and verification.
Role type
Senior Systems Engineer (Thermal Hardware)
Builds
Thermal hardware components and subsystems for lunar landers
Domain
Aerospace / Space Systems / Thermal Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> physical/clinical work (Thermal hardware components)
Required skills
Systems engineering, requirement analysis, interface control documents (ICDs), trade studies, verification and validation planning, hardware design reviews, vendor management, thermal analysis, active thermal control hardware design, spacecraft thermal control hardware development, first principles/hand calculations, software tools (DOORS, Jama, MATLAB, Cameo, Thermal Desktop)
Preferred skills
M.S. degree in engineering, space program experience from concept through launch, satellite ground systems experience, data analysis and scripting (Python, bash), make/buy decision evaluation, active thermal control hardware flight delivery, sub-assembly and system level thermal balance tests
Technologies
DOORS, Jama, MATLAB, Cameo, Thermal Desktop, Python, bash, Excel, Winplot
Responsibilities
Define and decompose vehicle thermal requirements into specifications, develop and maintain interface control documents, conduct trade studies for hardware selection, drive verification and validation planning including environmental testing, participate in hardware design reviews, support integration and test operations, manage hardware engineering schedules and vendor management, identify process improvements, ensure alignment of component analysis data with vehicle system teams, review system level CONOPS information, verify compliance of hardware designs against requirements, facilitate hardware risk discussions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC