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Thermal Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

SpaceX· Satellite Bus Engineering
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Redmond, WA$100k - $115kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Thermal design, test, and validation of Starlink satellite hardware and custom developed chips, improving vehicle performance and Starlink network capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Thermal design of satellite components, from initial high-level analysis down to validation of performance with ground tests and orbital data
  • Thermal design of semiconductor packages, from high level concepts to detail thermal simulations and lab testing
  • Devise, build and run tests to validate the performance of the hardware in extreme conditions
  • Automate workflow to reduce engineering investment in the design cycle
  • Pursue performance/robustness improvements
  • Pursue operational simplicity and seek to reduce burden on other groups at SpaceX
  • Produce quality documentation of your work to reduce miss-rate and improve efficiency
  • Review peer work

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
  • 1y+ industry experience (internships/co-ops can apply)

Skills

Required:Thermal designGround and orbital testingAutomationDocumentationPeer review
Nice to have:Chip thermal design toolsThermal Desktop and ANSYS Workbench3D and reduced order thermal modelingScripting

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • paid vacation (3 weeks)
  • 10+ paid holidays per year
  • employee discounts and perks
  • SpaceX company shuttles from select Seattle locations to the Redmond office (weekdays)
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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