📍 Location: Torrance, CA 📄 Employment Type: Full-Time 🏢 Work Arrangement: 100% On-site, Monday–Friday 🚀 Start Date: TBD 💰 Compensation: TBD — based on skills and experience Important Screening Requirements • BS or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field. • 5+ years of aerospace thermal engineering experience. • Experience supporting rocket, spacecraft, aircraft, missile, or other high-performance aerospace programs. • Strong understanding of heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and high-temperature environments. • Experience with electronic unit thermal analysis and control to component-junction temperatures. • Ground testing experience involving thermal instrumentation and data acquisition. • Strong MATLAB, Python, or similar programming skills. • Experience with SolidWorks or Siemens NX. • Experience preparing formal technical documentation. • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. • Must be able to work on-site in Torrance, CA. About the Role We are seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to lead thermal engineering methodology across advanced missile systems. This role covers thermal architecture, high-fidelity modeling, first-principles analysis, simulation, hardware testing, ground testing, and flight-test data analysis. You will work across aerodynamics, structures, electrical, propulsion, systems, manufacturing, and test engineering teams. What We’re Looking For We’re looking for a hands-on thermal engineer who can move between analytical modeling, hardware testing, and flight data while working across multiple engineering disciplines to solve challenging thermal problems. Key Responsibilities • Perform thermal design and analysis of unmanned air vehicles from conceptual through detailed design. • Define thermal system architectures and material-selection strategies. • Perform thermal analysis using standard thermal-analysis codes and engineering/hand methods. • Conduct transient thermal analysis for time-varying mission profiles. • Plan, execute, and analyze specialized thermal ground testing. • Plan and support flight testing and post-flight thermal data analysis. • Develop MATLAB/Python models using first-principles methods to support engineering decisions. • Collaborate with aerodynamics, structures, electrical, and systems engineers. • Present thermal status during formal internal and customer reviews. • Prepare specifications, test procedures, technical reports, and other formal engineering documentation. Required Qualifications • BS or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field. • In-depth understanding of heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and high-temperature environments. • 5+ years of aerospace thermal engineering experience on rocket, spacecraft, aircraft, or missile programs. • Experience with electronic unit thermal analysis and component-junction temperature control. • Ground testing experience with thermal instrumentation and data acquisition. • Strong programming skills in MATLAB, Python, or similar tools. • Formal technical documentation experience. • SolidWorks or Siemens NX experience. • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. Preferred Qualifications • MS or higher degree with a focus on heat transfer and fluid dynamics. • Material ablation-response modeling experience. • Knowledge of material degradation and surface phenomena in demanding thermal environments. • Experience with specialized thermal ground-test facilities. • Flight-test experience, including instrumentation design and post-flight analysis. • Experience with Thermal Desktop/SINDA. • Experience with manufacturing and assembly of thermal systems. • Active U.S. security clearance.