About this job

RUAG Space is part of RUAG International. We focus on the aerospace industry and our employees, representing 67 different nationalities, produce innovative solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. RUAG Space is the leading supplier of products for the space industry in Europe, with a growing presence in the United States. Experience, outstanding reliability, customer focus, and a comprehensive, clearly structured product portfolio make RUAG Space the partner of choice for manufacturers of satellites and launchers across the globe.

Responsibilities

• Define analysis approaches to investigate thermal design problems or verify solutions
• Ingest, understand and track allocated requirements
• Establish analysis methods and create thermal mathematical models and geometric mathematical models using TD DIRECT/Thermal Desktop, MATLAB, EXCEL and other engineering tools
• Generate, execute, and post-process analysis jobs in Thermal Desktop/SINDA/FLUINT
• Perform concept studies in collaboration with other stakeholders
• Perform detailed TPS/TCS sizing and design verification
• Provide support to establish test plans
• Perform test predictions, test evaluations and correlations
• Support manufacturing non-conformances and change requests
• Document technical work in analysis reports

Profile

• Undergraduate degree in an engineering discipline and 5+ years relevant experience
• Thermal analysis experience on an aerospace vehicle program
• Experience with thermal protection systems (TPS)
• Expertise with thermal analysis tools such as TD Direct/Thermal Desktop and Sinda Fluint
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Excel, and other analysis tools
• Experience with analysis documentation and flight certification
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• U.S. Citizenship or U.S. permanent resident

Security Clearance / International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR)

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR). Therefore, all applicants must be U.S. Persons as defined in ITAR 120.15 (e.g., U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or protected individual. Also see 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) and 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) for additional information).