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Thermal control system development will include simulation, analysis, and design of vehicle thermal controls and algorithms; identification and sizing of thermal control system sensors and actuators (heaters or other); analysis, characterization, verification, and validation of thermal control system and algorithm performance; gain tuning; and supporting integrated hardware/software testing to verify thermal control system performance.\nWhat you'll do:\n\nWork with the thermal team and stakeholders to define thermal control system requirements from vehicle and subsystem level functional and performance requirements\nDesign, develop, tune, verify, and validate vehicle thermal control system performance\nSupport the thermal team’s development of simulation and modeling tools for thermal control system design, analysis and tuning in appropriate tools and mature models as additional test data becomes available \nDesign and prototype appropriate controllers that meet the defined requirements using simulations and control system design tools\nWork with the thermal team to size and place thermal control system components such as RTDs, heaters, radiators, etc. to ensure efficient, effective vehicle thermal control\nAnalyze and tune controller performance, stability, and robustness using the system simulations and TVAC test data\nDevelop control system documentation and work with vehicle software team to convert controller prototypes into flight code, including supporting unit and integrated testing of flight implementations\nSupport calibration of thermal control system sensors and implementation of calibration in flight software\nWhat you'll bring:\nBasic Qualifications\n10+ years of space vehicle thermal control system and algorithm analysis, design, development, verification, and validation. Relevant space vehicles include space stations, human-rated spacecraft, deep space science missions, extra-terrestrial rovers, or similar\nExperience working with thermal hardware and modeling teams tobuild, test, and validate thermal control systems simulation and analysis tools for space vehicles\nExperience modeling, analyzing, and tuning performance of thermal control systems to maximize thermal control authority while minimizing power and energy consumption and control system complexity\n Preferred Qualifications\nExperience modeling, analyzing, and tuning performance of thermal control systems to maximize thermal control authority while minimizing power and energy consumption and control system complexity. 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