Thermal Engineer, Lead
Job Description
York Space Systems was founded to radically improve spacecraft affordability and reliability, transforming, and enabling next generation space mission operations worldwide. Today, it is one of the most innovative aerospace companies, specializing in both end-to-end customer solutions and the rapid production of spacecraft platforms. York’s complete Space Segment Solution including spacecraft production and payload integration through to launch services, ground segment services, and mission operations. Our end-to-end expertise and services provide speed and agility to commercial and government customers alike. Through existing technology solutions our customers get into orbit rapidly.
We are searching for a Thermal engineer experienced in all mission phases including design, analysis, test, and operations. The engineer would be responsible for leading a team of engineers that is accountable for ensuring all satellite components are designed to operate within temperature limits through the entire life cycle of a mission. The ideal candidate for this role enjoys using on-orbit data to improve the design and analysis of future missions and can develop empirical tools for designing similar systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead a team of engineers that are accountable for performing integrated thermal analysis to determine radiator/heater sizing and external coatings required to maintain all elements of the SV in thermal limits.
- Coach and mentor team members on technical and professional challenges, create development plans and create an excellent team culture.
- Execute load capacity planning and work assignments to ensure program milestones and trade studies are met.
- Act as the company SME for thermal analysis and thermal design. Support anomaly resolution, customer meetings and supplier meetings to drive the right overall system solution.
- Support hardware designers in selection of materials, process and tests that comply with thermal design.
- Coordinate thermal interfaces between spacecraft subsystems. Flow down interfaces and environments to component suppliers.
- Develop test and verification approaches and levels for thermal verification of components.
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related field. Master’s degree preferred but not required.
- 12+ years of thermal analysis experience, 5+ years of team leadership, technical leadership or management experience.Â
- Thermal Desktop/Autocad
- Possess excellent interpersonal skills, able to work effectively within an organization and convey decisions, direction, and conclusions in a manner meaningful to the audience.
- Extensive experience in spacecraft design, launch and operation including experience at all phases of the development lifecycle.
- Experience in integrated software / hardware verification and test.
- Ability to gain a security clearance.Â
Date Posted
11/04/2023
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