Thermal System Analysis Engineer

BLUE ORIGIN

Thermal Analysis Engineer III contributing to the development of Blue Origin’s lunar landers. Focused on system-level thermal analysis and collaboration with NASA on human landing systems.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeLos Angeles • California, Colorado, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $121,023 - $169,432 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Focus on system-level analysis of the lunar lander
Own the delivery and quality of thermal analysis of the spacecraft system
Build thermal models in Thermal Desktop/Sinda based on system inputs from external teams
Integrate submodels from multiple contributing thermal analysts into a detailed system model
Maintain submodel build requirements documentation
Set up orbits/heating rates and case sets
Develop logic blocks to model components of the thermal control architecture
Predict spacecraft component temperatures and heater power
Document thermal analysis results and present at internal review boards and program gated reviews

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of a B.S. degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering
5 years of relevant Thermal Analysis experience using Thermal Desktop/Sinda
Established understanding of heat transfer fundamentals in space environment
Good understanding of common spacecraft thermal hardware
Understanding of aerospace hardware verification and validation process

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability
401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
Education Support Program
Up to four (4) weeks paid time off per year
Up to 14 company-paid holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

thermal analysisthermal modelingheat transfer fundamentalslogic blocks developmenttemperature predictionheater power prediction

Soft Skills

documentationpresentation skills

Certifications

B.S. degree in mechanical engineeringB.S. degree in aerospace engineering