Sr. Thermal Engineer Job in San Jose California (CA)

A stable growing Aerospace engineering company in the Tucson, AZ area is looking for candidates nationwide willing to relocate to the Tucson, AZ area. Once again, the position is in the Tucson, AZ area. The selected Engineer will be designing manned and unmanned spacecraft. Functions:

• Develop requirements and preliminary design of key components for a next-generation space suit
• Specify component performance requirements and develop the master equipment list for spacecraft ECLSS and TCS
• Lay out the ducting and plumbing for new spacecraft using commercial 3-D modeling software
• Develop schematics and solid models of the next generation of space cargo vehicles
• Develop standardized designs of environmental control and life support systems as well as thermal control systems for commercial spacecraft
• Perform thermal, structural, and fluid flow analysis of ECLSS and TCS for new spacecraft
• Develop and review plans to manufacture, test, and verify the operation of new spacecraft life support and thermal control systems

• A minimum 5-10 years of experience in thermal design and analysis
• BS Degree, MS Degree, or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or other related degree (required)
• Direct experience with thermal analysis software; specifically Thermal Desktop, SINDA, or other Thermal analysis software
• Prior experience in the aerospace industry (a plus)
• Thermal design/analysis experience (required)

• Mechanical Design
• Thermal Desktop (or equivalent package such as SINDA-G or TAM)
• CFX
• CFD
• NASTRAN/Patran
• ECLSS
• Thermal Desktop
• NASA
• DOD
• Spaceflight hardware
• Spacecraft systems
• Systems Engineering
• Traceability software will be a plus (DOORS, Cradle, CORE, etc.)