Anduril Industries
Thermal Engineer, Hypersonic Air Vehicles
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks a Thermal Engineer to support the design and analysis of hypersonic unmanned air vehicles. You'll conduct thermal modeling, testing, and validation across the full development lifecycle, working with CFD, FEA, and first-principles analysis to solve complex high-speed flight thermal challenges.
What you'll do
- Perform thermal analysis of unmanned air vehicles using CFD, FEA, and engineering methods across conceptual through detailed design phases
- Conduct transient thermal analysis for time-varying mission profiles and material response under combined thermal and mechanical loads
- Support ground test planning, execution, and analysis in specialized thermal facilities
- Develop first-principles and MATLAB/Python models to inform design decisions
- Collaborate with aerodynamics, structures, electrical, and systems teams on integrated solutions
- Present thermal analysis results at design reviews and prepare technical specifications, test procedures, and reports
What they're looking for
- Heat transfer and fluid dynamics fundamentals
- CFD tools (STAR-CCM+, ANSYS Fluent)
- FEA thermal solvers
- MATLAB or Python programming
- Thermal analysis for aerospace systems
- High-temperature and high-speed flight environments
- Thermal-structural coupling
- Ground testing and instrumentation
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Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries builds autonomous defense systems including underwater vehicles, unmanned aircraft, and electronic warfare platforms for the Department of Defense. The company is hiring across mechanical engineering, mission operations, software development, technical leadership, and advanced manufacturing roles to support the design, deployment, and production of these mission-critical systems.
- Website
- anduril.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a thermal analysis project you've led—what tools did you use and how did you validate your results?
- Describe your experience with CFD or FEA thermal solvers; which have you used and in what contexts?