A stable growing aerospace engineering company in the Houston, Texas area is looking for candidates nationwide willing to relocate to the Houston area. Once again, the position is in the Houston, Texas area. The selected Engineer will be designing manned and unmanned spacecraft. For consideration, please send your resume to pmontoya@kforce.com today!

Functions:

Develop requirements and preliminary design of key components for a next-generation space suit
Specify component performance requirements and develop the master equipment list for spacecraft ECLSS and TCS
Lay out the ducting and plumbing for new spacecraft using commercial 3-D modeling software
Develop schematics and solid models of the next generation of space cargo vehicles
Develop standardized designs of environmental control and life support systems as well as thermal control systems for commercial spacecraft
Perform thermal, structural, and fluid flow analysis of ECLSS and TCS for new spacecraft
Develop and review plans to manufacture, test, and verify the operation of new spacecraft life support and thermal control systems



Thermal Engineer Qualifications:

A minimum of 5-10 years of experience in thermal design and analysis
BS Degree, MS Degree, or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or other related degree (required)
Direct experience with thermal analysis software specifically Thermal Desktop is required
Prior experience in the aerospace industry (a plus)
Thermal design/analysis experience is required


Key Words:

Mechanical Design
Thermal Desktop (or equivalent package such as SINDA-G or TAM)
CFX
CFD
Nastran/Patran
ECLSS
Thermal Desktop
NASA
DOD
Spaceflight hardware
Spacecraft systems
Systems Engineering
Traceability software will be a plus (DOORS, Cradle, CORE, etc.)