# Senior Thermal Engineer, Mission Electronics

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $146,000-$194,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5202433007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_c8a6fd1d-214

## Description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are looking for a Senior Thermal Engineer to work in Costa Mesa, CA, focused on the thermal design of electronic assemblies.

### Responsibilities

- Own the thermal design and analysis of electronics,from board and component level up through enclosures and full assemblies,for products across air vehicles, maritime and ground systems, and wearables/body-worn devices.

- Use first principles as the basis for every decision and discern the right level of analysis to apply.

- Define thermal architecture and heat-rejection paths,to keep components within junction and touch-temperature limits across demanding environments.

- Establish hot, cold, and edge-case operating conditions for each platform based on industry standards and intended use.

- Work with electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers to characterize and document component power dissipation under different operating modes.

- Communicate the pros and cons of system and packaging architectures with respect to thermal considerations, and drive trade studies that balance thermal margin against size, weight, and power.

- Own the thermal FEA/CFD models and predict system performance.

- Define and execute prototype builds and tests to verify thermal designs.

- Present thermal status at formal reviews internally and with customers.

- Develop internal tools to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of analysis.

- Support failure reviews and root-cause analysis with test data and thermal analysis.

### Required Qualifications

- MS or higher degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, applied physics, or a related field with a focus on heat transfer and fluid dynamics.

- In-depth understanding of heat transfer and fluid dynamics.

- 5+ years of experience designing thermal solutions for electronics or integrated hardware products.

- Practical experience with electronics cooling and packaging.

- Thermal testing experience.

- Thermal FEA/CFD experience.

- CAD experience with Siemens NX or SolidWorks.

### Preferred Qualifications

- Experience developing code in higher-level languages like Python or MATLAB.

- Experience with thermal design across multiple product classes.

- Familiarity with defense/aerospace environmental standards.

- Experience with active cooling approaches.

### Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including highly competitive equity grants.

## Skills

### Required
- heat transfer
- fluid dynamics
- thermal design
- electronics cooling
- packaging
- thermal testing
- FEA/CFD
- CAD
- Python
- MATLAB

### Nice to have
- higher-level languages
- thermal design across multiple product classes
- defense/aerospace environmental standards
- active cooling approaches

---

Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5202433007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)