Staff Thermal Engineer

Relativity Space

Long Beach, California, USA
On-site
Spacecraft thermal models
Thermal architectures and requirements
Flight temperature predictions
As a Staff Thermal Engineer within the Interplanetary Sciences Program, you will own the development and application of the spacecraft thermal model that directly guides the design, qualification, and operation of an interplanetary spacecraft

Job Summary

  • As a Staff Thermal Engineer within the Interplanetary Sciences Program, you will own the development and application of the spacecraft thermal model that directly guides the design, qualification, and operation of an interplanetary spacecraft.
  • You will define the thermal architecture from first principles, translate mission environments and operational concepts into hardware requirements, and serve as the thermal technical authority across the vehicle lifecycle.
  • Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.

Matching Summary

As a Staff Thermal Engineer within the Interplanetary Sciences Program, you will own the development and application of the spacecraft thermal model that directly guides the design, qualification, and operation of an interplanetary spacecraft.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • spacecraft thermal models
  • thermal architectures and requirements
  • flight temperature predictions
  • passive and active thermal control
  • thermal models to test data

Nice-to-have

  • fast-paced environments
  • systems-level thinking
  • technical rigor
  • autonomy and ownership

Key Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
  • Proficiency with spacecraft thermal analysis tools
  • Experience anchoring thermal models to test data
  • Strong understanding of lumped-parameter thermal networks

Work Rights

Not specified

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