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Senior Thermal Analyst
K2 Space
Los Angeles, USA
Senior · 5+ years experience
USD 140000-230000 / year
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Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end orbital thermal models via Thermal Desktop for the spacecraft bus from initial architecture through flight
- Work with lead engineers to design active and passive thermal control systems using basic heat transfer and mechanical equations to size lines, pumps, accumulators, cold plates etc.
- Lead steady-state and transient thermal analyses across the full worst-case hot/cold mission envelope, including degraded and off-nominal cases
- Lead trade studies on thermal control architecture
- Define and defend thermal margins at PDR/CDR-level design reviews; present findings directly to program leadership and customers
- Drive correlation of thermal models against TVAC and thermal balance test data; lead root-cause investigation when predictions and test disagree
- Set modeling standards and best practices for the analysis team; mentor junior/associate thermal analysts
- Design and development of heater and cooling systems including control architecture
- Setup, commission, and maintain state-of-the-art test stands and instrumentation
- Develop data acquisition systems for active and passive thermal control systems
- Perform tests on novel pump fluid loop including feed systems, power electronics, and hardware-in-the-loop
- Develop testing and control scripts to conduct safe and reliable test campaigns of pump fluid loop and individual components
- Own analysis documentation and verification closure packages for customer and internal reviews
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience with thermal test experience in a high-rate manufacturing environment
- 3+ years of experience with sizing and testing fluid systems including pumps, valves, accumulators, heat exchanger, cold plates etc.
- Demonstrated experience with data acquisition for thermal and power related applications
- Experience with test plan development and execution
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