Mechanical Engineer II; Thermal Analysis

Description

Space is a critical domain, connecting our technologies, our security and our humanity. Lockheed Martin Space aims to harness the full potential of space to cultivate innovation, reduce costs, and push the boundaries of what technology can achieve. We’re creating future‑ready solutions, focusing on resiliency and urgency through our 21st Century Security® vision. We’re erasing boundaries and forming partnerships across industries and around the world.

We’re advancing spacecraft and the workforce to fuel the next generation, and reimagining how space can connect us, ensuring security and prosperity.

Sunnyvale, CA

• Perform subsystem‑ and system‑level thermal analysis for the FBM D5LE2 program
• Support the modernization of legacy thermal environments to inform missile hardware design
• Support post‑test analysis for various test projects
• Own computational, physics‑based modeling & simulations from start to finish (development, assessment, results & documentation)
• Correlate model results to subsystem & system requirements and support design teams & risk mitigation
• Work and interact with multiple engineering fields across multiple sites
• Present key findings and results to internal and external customers & stakeholders
• Provide recommendations to support peer and customer reviews
• Provide documentation and recommendations to data packages to support key discussions, present analysis data to engineering teams, customer technical representatives, and Program Office personnel at technical interchange meetings and program milestone design reviews

• Prior work experience in one or more of the following topics: thermodynamics, heat transfer, aeroheating, material properties, or computer programming
• Experience analyzing thermal systems and/or subsystems
• Understanding of correlating between applied operating environments & thermal responses
• Experience with any commercial thermal analysis tools (e.g., Thermal Desktop, SINDA, TSS, NX Thermal)
• Strong mathematical, analytic, and data processing skills
• Willingness/ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance; US citizenship is required

• Experience with NX Thermal
• Knowledge or experience with testing & instrumentation including test procedure development, instrumentation definition, test direction, and post‑test model correlation
• Strong technical writing proficiency
• Experience with modern collaboration tools, such as Jira and Confluence
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including MS Office proficiency
• Active or Current Top Secret clearance

This position requires a government security clearance; you must be a US Citizen for consideration. Clearance Level: Top Secret.

Lockheed Martin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.

$70,100 - $123,625 (California, Massachusetts, New York (non‑major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington, Washington DC); $80,600 - $139,840 (California, Massachusetts, New York (major metropolitan areas)).

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short‑Term Disability, Long‑Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.

This position is incentive plan eligible.

Experienced Professional

SPACE

Possible

Mechanical Engineering

Full‑Time

First