Senior Engineer, Air Vehicle Fluid Systems
Design and analyze liquid cooling and thermal management fluid systems for jet-engine VTOL military UAV. Requires 5+ years experience with thermal/fluid systems, strong CAD and analysis skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design components and fluid systems for liquid cooling and thermal management systems
- Engage with suppliers on fluid system components
- Perform system and component analysis and sizing
- Own multiple aspects of X-BAT's fluid systems
- Support flight test operations in the control room during flight test campaigns
Requirements
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent)
- 5+ years experience with environmental control systems, liquid cooling systems, thermal systems, component design, system analysis, supplier management, requirements management
- Demonstrated ability to execute design, build, and test with rigor at speed
- Strong CAD skills (NX preferred)
- Demonstrated proficiency with fluid system analysis, including 1st principles, Simscape, Amesim
- Ability to work independently in fast-paced, cross-functional teams
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with environmental and operational robustness (vibration/shock, thermal extremes, contamination, corrosion, sand/dust)
- Experience supporting ground test and flight test campaigns and system checkout, failure investigations
- Familiarity with reliability and safety methods (DFMEA/FTA, fault containment, safe-state thinking)
- Familiarity with fighter-class and larger aircraft flight test operations, control room operations, radio communication procedures, and test data processing and presentation
Skills
Mechanical Engineering, CAD, Nx, Fluid System Analysis, Simscape, Amesim, Environmental Control Systems, Liquid Cooling Systems, Thermal Systems, Supplier Management
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