True Anomaly
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Thermal Engineer (Senior or Staff)

Pay
$160,000 – $285,000 per year
Location
Denver, CO · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Lead / Staff
Experience
6+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
Today

Skills & highlights for this role

  • Space thermal analysis and control
  • Thermal vacuum testing, analysis and model correlation
  • Thermal Desktop
  • SolidWorks
  • Thermal analysis of structures and fluids

Also useful

  • Experience with optical payloads, mechanisms, and structures thermal design
  • Electronic thermal prediction and board-level analysis
  • Thermal cycle testing support
  • On-orbit operations support

About the role

Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.

Benefits & Perks *

  • Best-in-class healthcare: 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, with HSA/HRA options
  • Generous time off: Flexible Time Off (FTO) for exempt employees, accrued PTO of up to 25 days for non-exempt employees, plus 12 paid holidays; Parental Leave; Sick Leave
  • Fuel for your day: Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks for in-office employees
  • And more: 401(k) retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, and Dog Fridays
  • Equity participation: Equity is included as part of our total compensation package, giving you an opportunity to share in the company's success.

*Do not apply to fixed term and temporary roles

Your Mission

True Anomaly is looking for a creative Thermal Engineer at the Senior or Staff level to develop new spacecraft. In this role you will be work with a multi-disciplinary product team to rapidly develop and produce new space systems.

Responsibilities

  • Work with a product focused team including mechanical, electrical, software, and automation engineers to rapidly develop revolutionary thermal designs
  • Perform integrated thermal analysis to determine heater/radiator sizing and external coatings required to maintain all elements of the SV in thermal limits
  • Perform thermal detailed analysis over variety of design reference missions (DRM's)
  • Design and help develop detail piece part and assembly drawings for heaters, MLI, and other thermal control components
  • Assist with electronic thermal predictions and board level analysis
  • Coordinate thermal interfaces between subsystems
  • Support Thermal Vacuum and Thermal Cycle testing
  • Support on orbit operations

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with training in analysis of structures and fluids
  • 6+ years of professional experience in space thermal analysis and control
  • Demonstrated excellence in thermal vacuum testing, analysis and model correlation
  • Thermal experience with spacecraft subcomponents such as optical payloads, mechanisms, structures, etc.
  • Proficiency in tools such as Thermal Desktop and Solidworks
  • Passion for the space industry
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
  • Demonstrated ability to work autonomously with little input on requirements or management oversight
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong Desire to be accountable to day to day tasks, own mistakes, and drive balanced solutions to closure through sound technical solutions and a sense of urgency
  • Strong Willingness to go above and beyond to achieve team success through task execution and collaboration

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Master's degree in aerospace

Compensation

  • Base Salaries: $160,000-$285,000
  • Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.

Additional Requirements

  • Ability to maintain or obtain TS//SCI clearance
  • Work Location - This role is onsite at our Centennial location or Long Beach, CA
  • Work environment -the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
  • Physical demands -the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

Additional information

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. #LI-Hybrid

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

To protect candidates and our company from application fraud and impersonation, we use third-party tools to verify applicant identity and detect fraudulent applications. Learn more in our Privacy Notice.

Our Mission

True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors - enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.

Our Values

  • Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
  • What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.
  • It's the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.
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From True Anomaly's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 12, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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