Principal Thermal Engineer
Infleqtion
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Louisville • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Update the existing system-level thermal model with the appropriate fidelity to ensure the physics sequence operates within space environmental constraints
- Conduct regular technical discussions and model reviews of in-house and subcontractor electronic card and enclosure cooling designs, including some of them which have unique thermal requirements
- Develop and test EDU thermal designs for microgravity environments
- Adapt flight thermal designs for microgravity testing
- Serve as a hands-on engineer with experience building both EDU and flight hardware
- Install MLI and bond heaters and thermistors using ASTM-E595 approved materials
- Presenting progress and results to senior management and the end customer
- Execution of modelling, simulation, and analytical efforts required to enable product performance
- Integration of subsystems and their thermal requirements / interfaces
- Identifying and engaging key suppliers
- Following Infleqtion’s Product Lifecycle Process and supporting Phase gate reviews, critical design reviews, and executive updates
- Supporting development of risk management plans and risk resolution, and supporting reliability analysis and continuous improvement
- Coaching and mentoring junior engineers
- Other duties as assigned or required
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, with a focus in thermal design or a related engineering field
- 6+ years of relevant and progressive experience in similar roles
- Hands on engineer with experience building both EDU and flight hardware
- Experience installing MLI, bonding of heaters and thermistors using ASTM-E595 approved materials
- Leverages AI appropriately; understands limitations of current offerings
- Excellent proficiency in design first principles
- Expert level understanding of opto-mechanics, including free space optical mounting, collimator design, free space and fiber coupled alignment design and tolerancing
- Demonstrated Dfx (design to cost etc.)
- Understanding of ASTM E595 – how to choose materials for space
- Experience designing custom flexure mounts for both optics and instruments
- Tolerance analysis
- Hands on engineer with experience building both EDU and flight hardware
- Uses AI appropriately for leverage; understands limitations of current platforms
- Ability to travel domestically and (potentially) internationally up to 10%
Benefits
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, short/long-term disability
- Employer-funded Health Savings Account
- Unlimited PTO
- 401(k) match
- Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
- Flexible Savings Account
- Paid FMLA, Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Student Loan Repayment
- Equity Package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
thermal designmodellingsimulationanalytical skillstolerance analysisdesign for manufacturing (DfM)design for cost (DfC)custom flexure mounts designopto-mechanicsMLI installation
Soft skills
coachingmentoringcommunicationpresentation skillsrisk managementcontinuous improvement