Senior Thermal Systems Engineer

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Senior Thermal Systems Engineer developing Blue Moon landers and systems for NASA missions. Leading design reviews, ensuring subsystem performance, and mentoring junior engineers.

Posted 7/21/2026full-timeSpace Coast • Colorado, Florida, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $144,179 - $201,849 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in systems engineering practices, particularly in thermal subsystem analysis, design, and integration. Proven ability to lead verification and validation efforts while mentoring junior engineers and managing cross-functional collaboration.

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Systems Engineering PracticesThermal Subsystem AnalysisVerification And ValidationPassive Thermal Control HardwareFlight Integration And Environmental Qualification

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Hard Skills

Requirement AnalysisInterface DefinitionComponent VerificationSystem-Level VerificationThermal AssessmentsDesign For ManufacturingQuality Control

Soft Skills

MentoringTeam CoordinationCross-Functional Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

DOORSJamaMATLABCameoThermal Desktop

Industry Keywords

Thermal SubsystemIntegration ProcessesEnvironmental TestingMission SimulationsAnomaly Resolution

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and decompose system-level requirements into actionable specifications within the Thermal subsystem domain.
Develop and maintain interface control documents (ICDs) to ensure subsystem compatibility and integration fidelity.
Conduct system analysis and trade studies to optimize thermal subsystem performance, reliability, and cost across mission profiles.
Drive verification and validation planning, including environmental testing, functional checks, and mission simulations.
Lead passive hardware design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) and ensure technical artifacts meet quality and compliance standards.
Support integration, test, and launch operations, including anomaly resolution and post-launch analysis.
Support schedule management of subsystem systems engineering efforts and products, team coordination, and support make vs buy decisions, hardware procurement, and vendor management.
Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence and cross-functional collaboration.
Ownership of passive thermal artifacts such as the master equipment list, power equipment list, safety products and other documents.
Ensuring alignment and synchronization of thermal subsystem analysis data with interfacing subsystems such as Electrical Power, Liquids, Gas and GNC.
Reviewing system level CONOPS information and distilling into useable datasets for consumption by the thermal analysis and passive thermal hardware teams.
Verifying compliance of designs against documented hardware temperature limits.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of a B.S. degree in engineering and 10+ years of related experience.
Knowledge of systems engineering practices, integration processes, design for manufacturing, and quality control
Proven expertise in requirement analysis, interface definition, and component and system-level verification and validation.
Demonstrated experience with flight integration and environmental qualification (thermal, vibration, etc.).
Strong understanding of subsystems and their thermal implications across the mission lifecycle.
Background in passive thermal control hardware or thermal analysis.
Demonstrated experience with spacecraft thermal control hardware design and development
Ability to perform simple thermal assessments via first principles/hand calculations
Experience with software tools such as DOORS, Jama, MATLAB, Cameo, Thermal Desktop etc. design and analysis tools.
Demonstrated experience working interface control.

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
Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation.