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Founded in 2004, HX5 is a fast-growing veteran and woman-owned company with locations nationwide.\nHX5 is currently seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer/Thermal Analyst to join our team in Brook Park, Ohio in support of the GEARS contract at NASA Glenn Research Center.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities:\nA Thermal Analyst is needed to support NASA’s Glenn Research Center as a principal researcher in the area of advanced additive manufactured (AM) heat exchangers. The advent of AM and novel material systems has unlocked highly complex, previously un-manufacturable heat exchanger geometries such as gyroids and triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS); however modern engineers lack the foundational correlations required to reliably benchmark, analyze, and optimize these next-generation AM geometries. The Thermal Analyst will define rigorous experimental protocols to systematically characterize the critical performance factors across a wide matrix of variables; culminating in an extensive repository of empirical data published in a definitive modern reference text.\nThe Thermal Analyst will also work toward establishing a rapid, novel system design methodology tailored for next-generation heat exchangers in hybrid-electric propulsion architectures; utilizing Python-based scripts and AI-driven automation techniques in conjunction with industry-standard analysis codes such as Ansys, Thermal Desktop, and nTop to significantly compress design iterations.\nRequired Experience:\nAbility to perform hands-on laboratory research in thermal and flow systems.\n\nProficient with fundamental analytical calculations for heat transfer and fluid flow.\n\nFamiliarity with or ability to learn heat exchanger sizing techniques using fundamental analytical calculations.\n\nProficient with thermal 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