andurilindustries
Thermal Engineer, Space
At a Glance
- Location
- United States
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Department
- Mechanical Engineering
- Posted
- 2026-02-18T09:10:41-05:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Education
- Engineering
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- Healthcare
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- Legal
- Medical
Benefits & Perks
toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents. Additional
Requirements
Proficiency in Thermal Desktop or equivalent thermal simulation tool
Hands on experience prototyping hardware and conducting thermal tests.
Experience with CAD, selecting instrumentation, post-processing data, correlating models
CAD experience (Siemens NX preferred)
Passion for defending the United States and her allies
Design or test experience on a space platform
Responsibilities
Own the thermal design, analysis, test, and associated component vendor management of a space hardware development program.
Use first principles as a basis for every decision and discern the right level of analysis to apply.
Execute hand calculations, spreadsheet, and MATLAB/Python first-order models to inform path forward before jumping into detailed design.
Define good thermal architecture to withstand the space environments.
Define and quantify hot, cold, and any other edge cases that drive the system.
Communicate pros/cons of system architecture with respect to thermal considerations.
Team
Anduril's Space team is dedicated to expanding our AI-powered capabilities into the final frontier, enhancing Space Domain Awareness, Space Control, and Command and Control for U.S. military and allied partners. We're developing fully integrated hardware and software systems, including Lattice for Space Missions and modular payloads, to address growing threats in space and ensure our Guardians maintain a decisive advantage in this contested war-fighting domain.