Staff Thermal Engineer - Aircraft Avionics & Thermal Systems (R3930)

What you'll do:

• Contribute to thermal analysis and design efforts for unmanned aerial vehicle avionics and thermal/fluid systems.
• Build and validate analytical, numerical, and computational models for heat transfer and fluid flow using hand calculations and CFD tools such as FloEFD.
• Participate in trade studies, system architecture reviews, and risk assessments.
• Support test planning, instrumentation, and data analysis to correlate models with experimental results.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams in applying thermal/fluid fundamentals.
• Communicate technical findings through design reviews, reports, and team discussions.
• Proactively identify technical issues and propose solutions in coordination with senior engineers.

Required qualifications:

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in avionics or electronics thermal engineering.
• Strong knowledge of heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation) and fluid mechanics.
• Familiarity with thermal management design elements including TIMs, spreaders, heat sinks, vapor chambers, heat pipes, and fans.
• Proficiency with thermal analysis and CFD tools (e.g., ANSYS Icepak, FloEFD, STAR-CCM+).
• Proficiency with CAD design tools such as NX, SolidWorks, or similar.
• Ability to apply first-principles reasoning to engineering problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• M.S. in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience with aircraft avionics cooling and thermal design.
• Familiarity with aircraft integration constraints (power, weight, volume, maintainability, safety).
• Hands-on experience with thermal and fluid system testing and validation.
• Knowledge of materials and manufacturing methods relevant to thermal management.