Senior Thermal Fluids Engineer

At Karman+, we’re building spacecraft systems that will take us beyond Earth orbit. As a Senior Thermal Fluids Engineer, your role would be to drive development of critical systems for a deep space vehicle like propellant tanks, valves, flow management systems, and refueling interfaces.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the design and testing of propellant delivery systems.
• Oversee thermal system design, ensuring proper design and control strategies to maintain subsystem performance in space.
• Execute build vs buy trades for system components, and manage vendor relationships.
• Size propellant tanks, and drive thermal design for a unique mission profile.
• Collaborate with other teams to support solar electric propulsion systems.
• Manage range safety compliance and propellant loading plans.
• Drive trades for advanced vehicle capabilities, like refueling architectures and multimode propellant systems.

What You Bring

• A desire to push the envelope of how industry approaches fluid and thermal systems, and enable capabilities like ISRU, and a space based economy.
• Deep experience years in aerospace engineering, ideally working on electric in space propulsion.
• Expertise in thruster design, propellant systems, heat transfer, and space-rated thermal management.
• Hands-on problem-solving skills with proficiency in tools like FEA and CFD for thermal analysis, propulsion modeling software, and CAD.
• Proven track record of delivering high-stakes engineering projects and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
• Clear communication skills to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.