Sr Principal Thermal Engineer
Core
Own the thermal architecture for a high-power space data center satellite, responsible for design, analysis, testing, and flight execution of thermal control systems.
Role type
Sr Principal Thermal Engineer (Space Systems)
Builds
Thermal control systems for orbital data center satellites
Domain
Aerospace / Space Systems
Required skills
Thermal architecture design, thermal analysis (passive/active), thermal modeling and correlation, hardware development, trade-off analysis, team leadership
Preferred skills
Spacecraft thermal management components (radiators, heat pipes, cold plates), high-power thermal systems, AI tools for design optimization
Technologies
Thermal Desktop, Ansys
Responsibilities
Design thermal systems from computing interface to radiator, lead hard trades on performance/mass/cost/reliability, prototype and test novel concepts, build and correlate thermal models against flight data, deliver flight hardware end-to-end
Seniority
Sr Principal, hands-on IC with leadership