Senior Thermal Engineer - Hypersonic Air Vehicles for Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Thermal design and analysis of unmanned air vehicles at conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design maturities

- Define thermal system architectures and material selection strategies for vehicles operating in demanding flight environments

- Thermal analysis of flight vehicles using CFD, FEA, and engineering methods

- Material response modeling under combined thermal and mechanical loads

- Transient thermal analysis for time-varying mission profiles

- Ground test planning, execution, and analysis in specialized thermal test facilities

- Flight test planning, execution, and post-flight thermal data analysis

- Use first principles and MATLAB/Python models to inform design decisions

- Collaborate with aerodynamics, structures, electrical, and systems engineers on integrated solutions

- Present thermal status at formal reviews internally and with customers

- 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

- 5+ years of experience in aerospace thermal engineering on rocket, aircraft, or missile programs

- Experience with thermal analysis in high-speed flight regimes

- Thermal analysis experience using CFD (STAR-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent) and/or FEA thermal solvers

- Experience with thermal-structural coupling

- Ground testing experience with thermal instrumentation and data acquisition

- Strong programming skills in MATLAB, Python, or similar for tool development

- Experience preparing formal documentation

- CAD experience with SolidWorks or Siemens NX

- Passion for defending the United States and her allies

- Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

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PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with material response modeling in extreme thermal environments

- Knowledge of material degradation and surface phenomena under demanding conditions

- Experience with specialized thermal ground test facilities

- Experience with chemical kinetics and finite-rate chemistry modeling

- Flight test experience including instrumentation design and post-flight analysis

- Experience with thermal-structural analysis codes (NASTRAN, Abaqus, ANSYS Mechanical)

- Material characterization experience at elevated temperatures

- Experience with manufacturing and assembly of thermal systems

- Active U.S. security clearance