Senior Thermal Engineer

About the Opportunity:

Saratech seeks a Senior Thermal Engineer to lead thermal design, analysis, and testing efforts for advanced spacecraft hardware. This role spans thermal solutions from electronic components to full-vehicle thermal validation and requires both strong analytical capability and hands-on test experience.

Salary Range:

• $95 - $125 per hour

Qualifications and Experience:

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline

• 3+ years of professional experience in thermal analysis and thermally constrained hardware design

• Familiarity with mechanical CAD tools and working from 3D models and drawings

• Strong interest in hands-on hardware development

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, iterative engineering environment

• Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate across disciplines

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop thermal designs across conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases using passive and active thermal control approaches

• Conduct trade studies balancing thermal performance, mass, power, cost, risk, and schedule

• Perform thermal analyses ranging from first-order estimates to detailed models for propulsion systems, batteries, high-power electronics, RF systems, mechanisms, and PCBs

• Specify, design, source, and evaluate thermal control hardware (heaters, heat pipes, TIMs, surface finishes, coatings)

• Define thermal integration and assembly processes to ensure design intent is maintained

• Support component- and spacecraft-level integration, including hands-on installation of thermal hardware when required

• Plan, execute, and analyze thermal vacuum (TVAC) tests for components and full spacecraft

• Contribute to design reviews, verification documentation, and technical reports

• Support team growth through participation in recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding

• Assist in improving shop, test, and integration facilities and operational efficiency

Skills and Abilities:

• Experience with Thermal Desktop, Space Systems Thermal, or similar tools

• Background in electronics packaging and PCB thermal design

• Experience building, operating, or testing hardware in high-vacuum environments

• Spacecraft, aerospace, or other high-reliability hardware experience

Other Requirements:

• Complies with all organizational policies and procedures
• Maintains strict confidentiality of all customer and/or employee information to assure customer and/or employee rights are protected
• Adheres to policies regarding notification of absence and PTO requests
• Attends all mandatory management and staff meetings
• Represents the organization in a respectful and professional manner
• Attend and comply with annual health, safety, training, and education requirements
• Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean

Additional Information:

• Physical demands:

• • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
  • The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
  • Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Follow detailed complex directions, reason and problem solve.
• The person will frequently communicate and converse with other staff. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Company participates in E-Verify.
• Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment.
• Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time;
• This description reflects managements assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned
• This job description is subject to change at any time.

Benefits

Insurance: All full-time regular employees (and dependents) are eligible to get medical, dental, vision coverage. Employees also can buy up on benefits like FSA, HSA, Life insurance, long and short-term disability.

Comprehensive health care and wellness plans

Retirement Plan: All employees can enroll in the company's 401k with company matching.

Paid Time Off: All full-time regular exempt employees are eligible for our Discretionary Time Off vacation policy after 90 days from their start date, Discretionary Time Off plan is a non-accrual plan for employees. All full-time regular non-exempt employees are eligible for our Paid Time Off Plan policy after 90 days, Paid Time Off plan is an 3.33 hours accrual per pay period for employees.

Paid Time Off: All full-time regular exempt employees are eligible for our Discretionary Time Off vacation policy after 90 days from their start date, Discretionary Time Off plan is a non-accrual plan for employees. All full-time regular non-exempt employees are eligible for our Paid Time Off Plan policy after 90 days, Paid Time Off plan is an 3.33 hours accrual per pay period for employees.

Paid Holidays: All full-time employees will receive 8 paid holidays per year. Full-time non-exempt employees receive an extra floater holiday per year.

Paid Sick Time: All full-time and part-time employees will receive 40 sick hours per year or minimum sick time required by the state.

NOTE TO STAFFING AGENCIES AND RECRUITERS: Saratech does not accept unsolicited resumes from any external agency for the placement of any position. Unsolicited resumes submitted by agencies and received by Saratech will be considered the property of Saratech and may be contacted and engaged with directly by Saratech. Saratech will not pay a placement fee or any other fees to any third-party agency, firm, or recruiter who is not specifically retained with a signed fee agreement by Saratech Human Resources to conduct a candidate search. Please do not forward unsolicited resumes to our website or to any Saratech employee. Saratech will not be responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited resumes.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY NOTICE: Paydarfar Industries, Inc. dba Saratech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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