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Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Thermal Engineer to own the thermal design and analysis of electronics across a diverse portfolio of defense systems including air vehicles (fixed-wing and rotorcraft), maritime systems, ground systems, and wearables/body-worn devices. This role is central to Anduril's mission of bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, and advanced technology to military capabilities.
You will be responsible for the complete thermal architecture of electronic assemblies, from component and board level through enclosures and full system integration. Your work will directly impact product performance, reliability, and mission success in demanding real-world operational environments.
Key responsibilities include: defining thermal architecture and heat-rejection strategies (conduction, convection, cold plates, heat sinks, heat pipes, thermal interface materials); establishing hot, cold, and edge-case operating conditions based on industry standards and platform-specific environments (altitude/flight envelopes for air vehicles, salt fog/humidity for maritime, solar load for ground systems, human-contact limits for wearables); executing thermal FEA/CFD modeling and analysis; collaborating with electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers on power dissipation characterization; conducting trade studies balancing thermal margin against size, weight, and power; designing and executing prototype builds and thermal testing (CAD, sensor selection, data acquisition, post-processing); presenting thermal status at formal internal and customer reviews; developing internal tools to improve analysis efficiency; and supporting failure reviews and root-cause analysis.
You will use first-principles thinking, hand calculations, spreadsheets, and MATLAB/Python models to inform design decisions before detailed analysis. This is an individual contributor role requiring deep technical expertise in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and electronics cooling.
