Senior Thermal Engineer, Lunar

📋 Description

• Define the thermal control architecture for Vast's lunar surface elements - trading passive, heat
• Size and place radiators for the lunar surface environment, accounting for diurnal sink temperature
• Own the survival thermal case through lunar night - heater power budget, thermal mass and
• Own the habitat, airlock, and node thermal control - cabin temperature and humidity control
• Build and maintain the detailed system thermal models, contribute reduced-order models to Vast's
• Own the thermal budget: min/max predicted temperatures per component against qualification limits

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics or a related technical
• 6+ years of spacecraft or aerospace thermal engineering experience
• Spacecraft thermal control design and analysis experience
• Built and correlated thermal models for flight hardware
• Experience with extreme-environment or wide-swing thermal design where both hot and cold cases were
• Familiar with thermal coatings, MLI, radiators, heat pipes, thermal straps, and heater/thermostat

🎁 Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• Generous paid time off: up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days for
• Paid parental leave
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan