Staff Thermal Control Systems Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Establish requirements for thermal control systems based on vehicle and subsystem functional and performance goals.

• Create, develop, adjust, verify, and validate the performance of vehicle thermal control systems.

• Develop simulation and modeling tools for the design, analysis, and tuning of thermal control systems.

• Design and prototype controllers utilizing simulations and control system design methodologies.

• Determine the sizing and positioning of RTDs, heaters, radiators, and other thermal control components.

• Evaluate and optimize controller performance, stability, and robustness through simulations and TVAC test data.

• Generate control system documentation and collaborate with the vehicle software team to transform controller prototypes into flight code.

• Assist in unit and integrated testing of flight implementations.

• Aid in the calibration of thermal control system sensors and the incorporation of this calibration into flight software.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in a field related to Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM).

• Over 10 years of experience in the analysis, design, development, verification, and validation of space vehicle thermal control systems.

• Familiarity with relevant space vehicles, including space stations, crewed spacecraft, deep space science missions, extra-terrestrial rovers, or similar platforms.

• Proven experience in building, testing, and validating simulation and analysis tools for thermal control systems in space vehicles.

• Proficient in modeling, analyzing, and tuning thermal control systems to optimize thermal control authority while reducing power and energy consumption and simplifying control system design.

• Experience with limited thermal system observability.

• Competence in sizing thermal control systems and optimizing the placement of sensors, heaters, radiators, and other components.

• Experience with testbeds for control systems on flight-like hardware and formulating test plans.

• Strong skills in spacecraft thermal modeling, thermal control system design tools, and control systems analysis.

• Familiarity with tools such as Thermal Desktop and MATLAB Control System Toolbox.

• Experience in designing thermal control for complex, sensitive systems is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity ownership in the company.

• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and mental health support.

• 401(k) plan with company matching.

• Flexible paid time off and parental leave.

• Weekly lunch stipend, along with complimentary snacks and beverages available on-site.

• Monthly social hour on-site featuring food and drinks.

• Join a team of top-tier engineers dedicated to laying the groundwork for planetary surface exploration.