In your role as a Thermal Analyst, you will be responsible for determining the integrated vehicle thermal performance of the Dream Chaser Cargo System for all mission phases from pre-launch through post-landing.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Assist in the development of vehicle and component level thermal models of the DCCS
• Conduct and document thermal system analysis required to meet program milestones
• Coordinate model results with other systems to implement thermal control solutions
• Prepare and give technical presentations to management and customers
• Develop predictions for thermal system validation and verification events.
• Perform thermal model correlation to test and flight data
• Authoring technical and engineering memos as required
• Create test procedures and identify necessary test equipment
• Prepare material for, and conduct periodic design reviews
• Execute engineering design and development activities consistent with Customer quality, cost and schedule requirements
• Provide support in the development and maintaining of configuration baselines for systems and sub-systems
• Support flight tests and mission operations
• Assist the program efforts to interpret customer requirements and decompose them into hardware and system requirements and specifications
• Originate specifications, control documents, verification and validation plans, procedures, reports, or other documentation in support of design and development activities
• Follow SNC policies, procedures and work instructions for all technical activities
• Punctuality to work each day and prepared to work scheduled work hours

Must-haves:

• Bachelor's of Science degree in System Engineering or related discipline and typically 10 or more years of relevant experience

• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering principles and practices

• Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams

• Ability to use Thermal Desktop and SINDA to conduct analyses

• Thorough understanding of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation; systems design, systems integration, technical risk identification and management strategies, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principles

• Strong interpersonal skills, as position will require interfacing with many engineers from a variety of disciplines Act as a technical liaison to the Program Manager

Preferred:

• Advanced Experience with requirements management and system modelling tools, such as DOORS, Rhapsody, NoMagic, MATLAB

• Knowledge of industry standard mechanical design principles, to include, but not limited to requirements management, Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)

• Experience or certification in INCOSE standards

• Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

• Experience leading baseline definition and maturation in a complex development setting, including the use of high impact trade studies and other measures

• Thorough understanding of establishing and tracking key Technical Performance Measurements (TPM)

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.