Thermal Engineer, Hypersonic Air Vehicles
Job Location:
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
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Job Summary
The Thermal Engineering teams work is essential to support our rapid innovation cycle and maintain the performance and reliability of advanced defense technologies. Thermal Engineers own the full development life cycle from conceptual design through ground testing and flight test analysis ensuring high-performance resilient systems that meet the demands of complex contested environments.
We are looking for Thermal Engineers to join our Hypersonic Air Vehicles team in Costa Mesa this role you will support the thermal design and analysis of unmanned air vehicles operating in demanding high-speed flight environments.
This role is ideal for someone early to mid-career with strong heat transfer and fluid dynamics fundamentals who wants to grow into full ownership of thermal design problems on hypersonic vehicle programs.
What Youll Do
- Support thermal design and analysis of unmanned air vehicles at conceptual preliminary and detailed design maturities
- Perform thermal analysis of flight vehicles using CFD FEA and engineering methods
- Support material response modeling under combined thermal and mechanical loads
- Conduct transient thermal analysis for time-varying mission profiles
- Support ground test planning execution and analysis in specialized thermal test facilities
- Use first principles and MATLAB/Python models to inform design decisions
- Collaborate with aerodynamics structures electrical and systems engineers on integrated solutions
- Present thermal analysis results at internal design reviews
- Prepare formal documentation (specifications test procedures technical reports)
Required Qualifications
- MS or higher degree in Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering or Applied Physics with focus on heat transfer and fluid dynamics
- In-depth understanding of heat transfer fluid dynamics and high-temperature environments
- Coursework research or industry experience in thermal analysis for aerospace or high-performance hardware systems
- Experience with thermal analysis using CFD (STAR-CCM ANSYS Fluent) and/or FEA thermal solvers through coursework research or industry work
- Programming experience in MATLAB Python or similar
- Passion for defending the United States and her allies
- Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- 1-5 years of industry experience in aerospace thermal engineering on rocket aircraft or missile programs
- Experience with thermal analysis in high-speed flight regimes
- Experience with thermal-structural coupling
- Exposure to ground testing with thermal instrumentation and data acquisition
- Graduate research in aerothermal analysis high-temperature materials or thermal protection systems
- Experience with material response modeling in extreme thermal environments
- Knowledge of material degradation and surface phenomena under demanding conditions
- CAD experience with SolidWorks or Siemens NX
- Experience preparing formal documentation
US Salary Range
$129000 - $171000 USD
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