Senior Thermal Engineer
Job Location:
Huntsville, AL - USA
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Job Summary
ABOUT THE TEAM
The Anduril Rocket Motor Systems (RMS) team is on a mission to build next generation solid rocket motors for a safer more connected world. To achieve our vision of becoming a large-volume provider of tactical rocket motors we will develop differentiated products and services that maximize our customers capabilities and we will establish and maintain a reputation of Quality and Reliability.
ABOUT THE JOB
Andurils Rocket Motor Systems group is seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to join our team. The Rocket Motor Systems group designs develops and manufactures next-generation solid rocket motors for defense and space applications at Anduril. As a Thermal Engineer you will conduct detailed thermal analysis of solid rocket motor components. The right person for this role has a strong understanding of thermal analysis principles with expertise in some of the tools common in industry.
WHAT YOULL DO
- Perform detailed thermal analysis of solid rocket motor components.
- Size internal insulation external thermal protection systems and structural insulators.
- Validate models with test data; develop predictive ablation and erosion models.
- Define sub-scale tests for characterizing material properties of insulators and ablators.
- Evaluate and recommend ablative materials and thermal protection system solutions for applications in solid rocket motors
- Create reports and presentations documenting analysis and other supporting work.
- Present to peers and customers in design reviews.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- A bachelors degree in mechanical engineering aerospace engineering or similar.
- 8 years of relevant professional experience.
- Working knowledge of fundamental heat transfer thermodynamics and fluid mechanics first principles.
- Prior experience operating CAD software and/or FEA software.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to travel to other Anduril sites customer sites or supplier sites as business demand dictates. Anticipated 10-25% travel.
- Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Advanced degree (masters or doctorate) in mechanical engineering aerospace engineering or similar with a focus on ablation modeling computational combustion or reacting flows.
- Experience with Abaqus FEA software.
- Expertise in engineering tool development in Microsoft Excel MATLAB and/or Python.
- Expertise with thermochemical ablation and material response analysis with an emphasis on ablation in solid rocket motors and/or reentry systems.
- Expertise with ablation modeling tools such as Hero CHAR PATO or similar and surface chemistry tools such as ACE or Mutation.
US Salary Range
$126000 - $167000 USD
The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
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