Varda Space Industries
Thermal Hardware and Test Engineer II
About this role
Varda is seeking a Thermal Hardware and Test Engineer to design, build, and test thermal and fluid systems for spacecraft. The role involves hands-on work in mechanical and electrical disciplines, focusing on the development of thermal control systems and testing infrastructures while collaborating across various teams.
What you'll do
- Drive end-to-end development of thermal hardware and test infrastructure
- Develop active and passive thermal control systems
- Inform manufacturing and integration of thermal hardware onto the vehicle
- Conduct thermal vacuum tests for component acceptance
- Evaluate hardware design impacts on system-level solutions
- Implement instrumentation and data acquisition solutions
What they're looking for
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
- 3+ years in thermal design and fabrication
- Proficient in Thermal Desktop and SINDA/FLUINT
- Experience with Thermal Vacuum Chamber testing
- Familiarity with MATLAB for data processing
- Excellent communication skills
- Hands-on fabrication skills
- Knowledge of thermal margins and qualification test requirements
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Varda Space Industries
Varda Space Industries builds commercial spacecraft and orbital manufacturing systems for missions in low Earth orbit, including reentry capsules and satellite buses. The company is hiring mission operations engineers, software engineers (ground segment, flight, and embedded), and manufacturing engineers to develop mission-critical systems, operational infrastructure, and scalable production capabilities.
- Website
- varda.com