Thermal Design Engineer

Anduril
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 112,000 - 149,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Education: mastersSkills: ["Communicating technical concepts","First-principles engineering judgment","Cross-functional collaboration","Tool/workflow development","Results documentation"]

Support thermal design and analysis for advanced defense hardware, including drones, aircraft, and missiles. Apply first-principles judgment with hand calculations, spreadsheets, and MATLAB/Python models to inform design decisions, build and maintain FEA/CFD models, and help establish design limits. Assist with prototype thermal builds and testing (sensor selection, DAQ setup, data post-processing), define thermal architectures, collaborate cross-functionally, and present results in design reviews.

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Thermal Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Support thermal design and analysis for advanced defense hardware, including drones, aircraft, and missiles. Apply first-principles judgment with hand calculations, spreadsheets, and MATLAB/Python models to inform design decisions, build and maintain FEA/CFD models, and help establish design limits. Assist with prototype thermal builds and testing (sensor selection, DAQ setup, data post-processing), define thermal architectures, collaborate cross-functionally, and present results in design reviews.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Support thermal design and analysis for integrated hardware products, including drones, aircraft, missiles, and related defense systems.
  • •Use first-principles methods and engineering tools (hand calculations, spreadsheets, MATLAB/Python models) to guide thermal design decisions.
  • •Build and maintain thermal FEA/CFD models to predict performance and establish design limits.
  • •Assist prototype builds and thermal tests, including sensor selection, DAQ setup, data post-processing, and results documentation.
  • •Partner with electrical, mechanical, aerospace, and systems engineers to document power dissipation, operating modes, and thermal constraints, and present findings in design reviews.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 112,000 - 149,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field with a focus on heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermal sciences, or thermal systems.
  • •Strong first-principles understanding of heat transfer and fluid dynamics, including conduction, convection, radiation, fluid flow, and transient thermal behavior.
  • •Coursework, research, or internship experience in thermal analysis, modeling, or testing.
  • •Experience with MATLAB, Python, or similar tools for engineering analysis.
  • •Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Education:Master's in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Physics (or related field)
Skills:Communicating technical conceptsFirst-principles engineering judgmentCross-functional collaborationTool/workflow developmentResults documentation
Tech Stack:MATLABPythonSpreadsheetsFEACFDSTAR-CCM+ANSYSIcepakFlothermSolidWorksSiemens NXCADSensor selectionData acquisitionDAQ

Eligibility

Security Clearance:U.S. Top Secret

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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