Thermal Engineer

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Thermal Engineer

SWISSto12

Renens, Switzerland

As a Thermal Engineer, you will be responsible for the following functions:

Responsible for thermal engineering for RF products, payloads, and integration of those onto telecom satellites, working within the SWISSto12 team and with external partners and suppliers;
Thermal design and accommodation on the SWISSto12 HummingSat missions;
Drive satellite and product thermal systems definition, design, analysis, test, and validation;
Ensure the system is fit for its intended purpose and drive technical trade-offs;
Responsible for the full lifecycle product development, from thermal requirements analysis to manufacturing support;
Design and develop solutions addressing the system requirements. Optimise the design of parts as necessary to ensure thermal control;
Define and perform thermal analysis and test procedures to verify the designs;
Lead thermal aspects of development and qualification programs phase;
Develop and generate design justifications;
Develop relationships with RF product, platform and spacecraft subsystem suppliers and partners. Work with them to Design, Manufacture, Assemble, Integrate and Test such subsystems. Contribute to SoWs and specifications, work alongside program management team to monitor execution of activities, contribute to problem solving, ensure successful delivery of these activities;
Support thermal aspects of proposals;
Collaborate with technical staff, program managers and executive management to develop and implement current and long-term technical, schedule, quality, business and financial objectives relevant to the thermal aspects of satellite payloads or program efforts;
Be exposed to responsibility for decisions that have an extended impact;
Occasionally, you will be asked to participate in overall tasks and services inherent to a dynamic fast-growing company.

Required experience and competencies:

Customer focused, must be able to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment;
University degree in Thermal Engineering or Physics or equivalent;
At least 5 years of experience in a thermal engineering position;
Understanding of thermal requirements for GEO telecom satellite missions, used to interact with payload and RF equipment teams;
Proficiency with CAD software and relevant system modelling and analysis tools;
Knowledge of integration of spaceborne antenna systems and related payload RF equipment as well as active antennas is not mandatory but is a plus;
Knowledge of spacecraft thermal control subsystems for communication payloads;
Ability of assessing, from thermal point of view, RFIs and RFQs from customers;
Ability of writing RFIs and RFQs for subcontractors;
Demonstrated experience in Finite Element Analysis;
Experience in following (or performing) qualification of spaceborne equipment;
Demonstrated experience in materials and manufacturing processes for spaceborne products (for antennas is a plus). Knowledge of Additive Manufacturing for space applications is also a plus;
Experience with managing customer and supplier interfaces;
Ability to “think outside of the box” and thrive in an often-ambiguous trade-space;
Demonstrated ability to write clear technical documentation of high quality;
Autonomous and proactive working style with excellent working organisation and ethics;
Communicating effectively, excellent relational skills and ability to work in a team with different professional and cultural backgrounds;
Language: Fluent English is a prerequisite, skills in French are a plus.