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Senior Thermal Engineer

Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
80 days
Anduril Industries's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
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Ghost-job risk at Anduril Industries
high
2216 stale, 67 reposted of 2,263 open
Hiring momentum
3233 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

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About this role

As a Senior Thermal Engineer at Anduril Industries, you will be responsible for the thermal design and analysis of advanced defense hardware, including drones, aircraft, and missiles. Your role involves using engineering judgment to determine the appropriate level of thermal analysis, defining thermal architectures, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and executing prototype builds and thermal tests. You will also present findings and recommendations in design reviews and develop tools to enhance thermal decision-making processes.

Our read on this posting2.2out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field with a focus on heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermal sciences, or thermal systems
  • 5+ years of experience designing, analyzing, or validating thermal systems for integrated hardware products
  • Strong first-principles understanding of heat transfer and fluid dynamics, including conduction, convection, radiation, fluid flow, and transient thermal behavior
  • Experience supporting thermal design for aerospace, aircraft, rocket, missile, UAV, defense, or other high-performance hardware systems
  • Experience using thermal analysis, modeling, simulation, and/or physical test data to drive design decisions for passive or active thermal management systems
  • Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs clearly across engineering, program, and customer stakeholders

Nice to have

  • Experience with thermal analysis tools such as STAR-CCM+, ANSYS, Icepak, Flotherm, or comparable FEA / CFD platforms
  • Experience using MATLAB, Python, spreadsheets, or similar tools for first-order thermal modeling, transient analysis, or engineering trade studies
  • Experience designing thermal hardware such as heat sinks, cold plates, fans, pumps, heat exchangers, thermal interface materials, liquid cooling systems, or air-cooling systems
  • Experience planning or executing thermal tests, including sensor selection, data acquisition, data post-processing, and correlation of test results to analysis
  • Experience with SolidWorks, Siemens NX, or comparable CAD tools

What you get

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
  • Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work options or flexible hours
  • Salary range is provided, but actual offer may vary based on multiple factors
  • The role requires obtaining a U.S. Top Secret security clearance, which may be a barrier for some candidates

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Listed by Anduril Industries on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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