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