Spacecraft Thermal Engineer

Spacecraft Thermal Engineer

EnduroSat

Sofia, Bulgaria

What is the role?

As a Thermal Engineer you will be responsible for the thermal engineering activities related to spacecraft design, manufacturing, testing, launch, and operations. Your activity may include the design, development, and qualification of EnduroSat generic satellite platforms, and/or satellites for specific customers. You will be part of EnduroSat’s system engineering team and you will participate in the full spacecraft lifecycle, from initial design to AIT, launch, and flight operations. You also may be required to participate in technical meetings with customers, under the leadership of the system engineer.

Some of your daily tasks will include:

• Define thermal architecture (radiators blankets heaters etc.);
• Build thermal models;
• Compute thermal predictions for flight (hot case, cold case) and TVAC tests;
• Correlate models with test results;
• Identify test success criteria;
• Compute thermal power consumption;
• Investigation and closure of all issues related to thermal behavior.

What do we look for?

• Master of Science in aerospace engineering or mechanical/thermal engineering (or equivalent);
• Excellent technical background in at least satellite Thermal engineering;
• Openness to knowledge sharing and willingness to mentor junior engineers;
• Understanding the importance of the last-mile delivery;
• Have excellent communication skills and a positive attitude.

How to stand out?

• 5+ years experience in Space programs engineering;
• Background in nano satellites and small satellites;
• Thorough understanding of mechanical engineering.