# Thermal Design Engineer

This role is responsible for thermal system design and analysis of complex spacecraft and payloads, spanning from the lowest level component up through sub-system and full system levels. The position includes designing thermal solutions for a wide range of electronic components and ensuring thermal closure while meeting cost and schedule objectives. Key Responsibilities Perform thermal system design and analysis for spacecraft and payloads across component, sub-system, and space vehicle level. Design thermal integration of electronic components such as processors, power supplies, cameras, and optical assemblies at the sub-system spacecraft bus and space vehicle level. Ensure thermal designs close properly and identify innovative technical means to meet thermal, cost, and schedule requirements. Perform FEM-based thermal model analysis using Ansys Thermal Desktop. Develop preliminary concepts supporting early design activities through design V&V (verification & validation) and transition to rate production. Collaborate effectively across the team and cross-functional disciplines: avionics, mechanical, structural, program management, and AI&T teams with strong internal customer focus.

- **Id**: 3705625
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/red-canyon-engineering-software-thermal-design-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Louisville, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-03T17:37:52Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T14:56:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1827
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space Services, Custom Software Development, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 684680
- **Name**: Red Canyon Engineering & Software
- **Domain**: redcanyonsoftware.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/redcanyonsoftware>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 60
- **Max**: 100
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 200000

## Technologies

- **ANSYS** — Optional: no
- **AutoCAD** — Optional: no
- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no
- **Thermal Desktop** — Optional: no
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T20:57:53Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 200000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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