Senior Thermal Engineer

Senior Thermal Engineer

Loft Orbital

Toulouse, France

Are you passionate about the thermal design, architecture, and analysis of spacecraft? Would you like to work on a team that is involved in all phases of development, from business proposals to design, AIT, and spacecraft commissioning?

Are you interested in widening your scope of competencies by being part of a system analysis team? If so, this is the perfect role for you!

Loft flies multiple satellites per year, is a growing company, and is looking for a thermal engineer to join the Mission Analysis and Engineering team.

About this Role:

• Thermal architecture of small spacecraft’s payload accommodations modules;
• Thermal modeling and analysis of spacecraft and payloads;
• Work closely with design engineers to implement thermal designs;
• Design and execute thermal test plans for spacecraft and sub-system/component level;
• Thermal model validation activities using test and flight data;
• Cross-disciplinary engineering across all levels of a satellite program;
• Working on the development of thermal and system analysis tools;
• Managing the procurement of thermal hardware with suppliers (MLIs, thermal straps, TIM).

Must Haves:

• 7+ years of spacecraft thermal engineering experience;
• End-to-end spacecraft thermal design;
• Spacecraft-level thermal analysis using Systema/Thermica or Esatan thermal analysis software;
• Experience in detailed thermal analysis of electronic boxes and PCBs (Femap TMG or similar FEA software);
• Experience with thermal testing inputs and oversight (TVAC, TBal, Thermal Cycling);
• Ability to cope with stress in multicultural and fast-evolving environments;
• Full professional proficiency in English, written and spoken. French is a plus.

Nice to Haves:

• CAD user (Solidworks or similar);
• Familiar with industry-standard specs such as GEVS or ECSS;
• Knowledge of on-orbit operations;
• Knowledge of heat pipes and heat pipe modeling;
• Good skills in Python programming language.

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