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Salary: USD 129,000 - 171,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Thermal Analysis Engineer to join the Test and Analysis team in Waltham, MA. The Test and Analysis team is responsible for ensuring that emerging products are ready for harsh conditions across air, land, sea, and space environments, supporting multi-disciplinary product teams across the full lifecycle to design, develop, and validate new and existing products.
In this role, you will be responsible for performing thermal analysis and taking ownership of thermal design aspects across hardware development programs. You will execute first-order assessments of designs to guide preliminary design architecture, develop detailed analytical models to mature prototype designs, and develop predictions to support hardware testing. You will work on new projects from conceptualization through production, developing validated and correlated models to support rapid prototyping of cutting-edge systems.
Key responsibilities include:
- Execute hand calculations, spreadsheet, and MATLAB/Python first-order models to inform design decisions, using first principles as the basis for every decision and discerning the appropriate level of analysis based on hardware design state and program goals
- Develop appropriate CFD models and simulations to predict temperatures, heat transfer, and fluid characteristics as needed to meet design schedules; generate, maintain, and correlate integrated FEMs for imaging platforms
- Perform test-model correlation testing to validate analytical predictions
- Work closely with environmental test engineers to support the design, instrumentation selection, execution, and data processing of tests to validate models and predictions
- Prepare technical reports to present findings to internal teams, management, and external customers
- Stay current with advancements in thermal analysis techniques, materials technology, and industry standards
The Test and Analysis team achieves its objectives through consistently striving to understand primary design drivers through analytical modeling, including specialized structural-thermal-optical performance (STOP) analysis, along with strategic engineering validation and qualification test campaigns. This fused approach enables identification of opportunities for product robustness and quick implementation of solutions to ensure critical capabilities efficiently reach military and allied forces.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Currently pursuing or have obtained an MS or higher degree in engineering or applied physics with focus on heat transfer and fluid dynamics
- 7+ years of experience in a thermal analysis or thermo-physics analysis role
- Thermal FEA experience with STAR-CCM+, ANSYS, Icepak, or Flotherm
- Familiarity with MATLAB or Python (or equivalent) for developing analytical models and performing data acquisition and post-processing
- Experience with performing test-model correlation and test-based characterization of critical modeling input parameters
- Good at working independently and with various teams and key stakeholders
- Highly motivated, self-starting, results-oriented, and capable of working in a dynamic environment
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Performed structural, thermal, and optical performance (STOP) models for high-performance imaging systems
- General knowledge of climatic and/or dynamic testing including understanding of various instrumentation and data acquisition fundamentals
- Knowledge on how to run and operate chambers, DAQs, and other major test apparatus
- CAD skills (any platform) and ability to make high-quality engineering drawings that meet common industry standards
- Experience in an immersive interdisciplinary technical project (collegiate project teams or professional settings)
- Basic knowledge of MIL-STD-810 or equivalent
