Propulsion Thermal Analyst
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 7+ years of experience with one or more of the following:
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
About Canada Rocket Company
Canada Rocket Company is developing Canada's first medium-lift launch vehicle.
We are a team of veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, ArianeGroup, Pangea Propulsion, Tesla, MDA, and more, bringing over a century of combined launch and space systems experience back to Canada.
Our mission is to provide reliable, independent access to space for Canada and its allies in a rapidly expanding global market.
Our Approach Is Defined By Pragmatic Engineering
About The Role
We are looking for a Propulsion Thermal Analyst who is equally proficient in applying first order calculations as they are to running SINDA or developing their own analysis code. You will work across design, analysis, development, operation, and reuse scenarios in a fast-moving development environment. This is a highly technical role for someone who wants to be close to details, make consequential design decisions, and help establish the propulsion and stage fluids systems of an orbital launch vehicle program from the ground up.
What You Will Do
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Canada Rocket Company is developing Canada's first medium-lift launch vehicle.
We are a team of veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, ArianeGroup, Pangea Propulsion, Tesla, MDA, and more, bringing over a century of combined launch and space systems experience back to Canada.
Our mission is to provide reliable, independent access to space for Canada and its allies in a rapidly expanding global market.
Our Approach Is Defined By Pragmatic Engineering
- We utilize a single 725 kN engine that scales from light- to medium-lift via engine clustering
- We lean on simple, proven technologies to reach orbit faster, avoiding the pitfalls of complex or novel designs
- We test early and often, catching problems on the bench instead of at the pad
About The Role
We are looking for a Propulsion Thermal Analyst who is equally proficient in applying first order calculations as they are to running SINDA or developing their own analysis code. You will work across design, analysis, development, operation, and reuse scenarios in a fast-moving development environment. This is a highly technical role for someone who wants to be close to details, make consequential design decisions, and help establish the propulsion and stage fluids systems of an orbital launch vehicle program from the ground up.
What You Will Do
- Perform thermal analysis of engine and stage fluid systems during static and flight operations, transients, and re-entry
- Build and run steady-state and transient thermal models using tools like Thermal Desktop/SINDA, ANSYS, or in-house codes to predict temperatures, heat fluxes, and thermal gradients
- Analyze regenerative, film, and radiation cooling schemes and size cooling channels to keep wall temperatures within material limits
- Couple thermal models with structural (thermal-stress), fluid (CFD), and combustion analyses to support integrated multidisciplinary assessments
- Characterize heat transfer in cryogenic propellant feed systems, including tank thermal management, boil-off, chill-down, and insulation performance
- Define and analyze thermal protection and conditioning requirements for engines, stage, lines, and valves
- Conduct trade studies and sensitivity analyses to drive design decisions on cooling, geometry, and operating conditions
- Identify thermal risks and failure modes, support anomaly investigations, and recommend design or operational mitigations
Required
- 7+ years of experience with one or more of the following:
- Thermal analysis of aerospace vehicles and components
- Experience with cryogenic fluids
- Inclination toward a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment with rapid hardware development using iterative design-build-test cycles that are central to the engineering culture
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field
- Supersonic, hypersonic, or re-entry heating analysis
- Fluid analysis proficiency
- Structural analysis proficiency
- Turbomachinery fluid analysis proficiency
- Experience with liquid bipropellant rocket engines
- Experience with methane systems
- Exposure to complex fluid systems as well as understanding the behaviour of the mechanisms in those systems
- Functional proficiency in CAD (NX) and Python
- Advanced degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related field
More about this job
Responsibilities
Perform thermal analysis of engine and stage fluid systems across static, flight, and re-entry operations. Develop steady-state and transient thermal models to predict heat fluxes and optimize cooling schemes for orbital launch vehicles.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering and over 7 years of experience in aerospace thermal analysis and cryogenic fluids. Proficiency in thermal modeling tools and a preference for rapid, iterative hardware development environments are essential.
Skills
- Thermal Analysis
- Cryogenic Fluids
- SINDA
- Thermal Desktop
- ANSYS
- CFD
- Python
- CAD NX
- Heat Transfer
- Regenerative Cooling
- Thermal-Stress Analysis
- Rocket Engine Design
- Methane Systems
- Turbomachinery Analysis
- Re-entry Heating Analysis
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Categories
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Science & Research
- Transportation
Keywords
- Propulsion
- Thermal Analysis
- Cryogenics
- SINDA
- Thermal Desktop
- ANSYS
- CFD
- Python
- NX
- Regenerative Cooling
- Film Cooling
- Radiation Cooling
- Bipropellant Rocket Engines
- Methane Systems
- Hypersonic
- Supersonic
- Re-entry
- Heat Flux
- Thermal Gradients
- Boil-off
- Chill-down
- Thermal Protection Systems
- Turbomachinery
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Launch Vehicle
- Static Fire
- Fluid Systems