Destinus

Thermal Protection Systems Engineer

Destinus

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Payerne • 🇨🇭 Switzerland

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • **What You´ll Do**
  • - Design and size ablative thermal protection systems for rocket motors, propulsion components, and high-temperature structural assemblies
  • - Perform transient thermal analyses including ablation, pyrolysis, char layer evolution, and bondline temperature prediction
  • - Develop coupled thermo-mechanical FEM models to evaluate insulation integrity, thermal stresses, and structural–thermal interactions
  • - Select and characterize ablative materials such as EPDM-based insulators, carbon–phenolics, and high-temperature composites
  • - Validate analysis models against test data including recession measurements, thermocouple profiles, and subscale firing results
  • - Define, support, and participate in TPS-related test campaigns, including material testing, flame exposure, and propulsion firings
  • - Translate thermal and mechanical analysis results into actionable design requirements, TPS layouts, and manufacturable solutions
  • - Produce technical documentation including analysis reports, TPS specifications, drawings, and verification plans
  • - Work closely with propulsion, materials, and manufacturing teams to ensure TPS integration aligns with system requirements and mitigates thermal and mechanical risks
  • - Support non-conformance assessments, failure investigations, and updates to TPS design or processes based on test outcomes

Requirements

  • **What You’ll Need**
  • - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Materials Engineering.
  • - 3–7 years of experience in ablative TPS, high-temperature insulation, or thermal protection design.
  • - Hands-on experience with ablative materials, transient thermal analysis, or pyrolysis/ablation modeling.
  • - Familiarity with thermo-mechanical FEM tools (ANSYS, Abaqus, COMSOL) and TPS integration best practices.
  • - Experience with high-temperature or propulsion testing, including data interpretation and correlation.
  • - Strong analytical and documentation skills, able to interpret complex thermal data, produce clear reports, and justify design decisions.
  • - Willingness to travel between Swiss facilities (up to 20%).
  • - Comfortable working across disciplines. Propulsion, materials, manufacturing, and test engineering.
Benefits
  • **Why Join Us?**
  • **✨ The Thrill of the Future – Work on cutting-edge projects that redefine aerospace.** ✨ Global Innovation Hub – Collaborate with top engineers from all over the world.** ✨ Fast-Paced & High-Growth – Experience the rush of working in a rapidly expanding company.** ✨ Real Impact – Your work won’t be theoretical—it will shape the future of flight.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
ablative thermal protection systemstransient thermal analysisablation modelingpyrolysis modelingthermo-mechanical FEM modelingthermal stresses analysisinsulation integrity evaluationhigh-temperature insulation designmaterial characterizationdata interpretation
Soft skills
analytical skillsdocumentation skillscommunication skillscross-disciplinary collaborationproblem-solving skills