MaiaSpace is a European space tech company, designing, manufacturing and operating competitive and sustainable solutions for space mobility. We are driven by the belief that access to space is a major enabler for a better and more sustainable life on Earth, addressing the challenges faced by humanity: climate, resources, connectivity, and data. Our aim is to successfully design and test a cost-effective and reusable mini-launch vehicle by 2026. 

Thermal Management Engineer

Inside MaiaSpace development teams you will join the team that elaborates the environment loads (mechanical, aerodynamics and thermal) along the trajectory for the other development teams.

Within your multidisciplinary team you will lead Thermal analyses from the engine bay internal cavities to the upper part coupled analysis with payloads. Your scope will range from simulation and pre/post-processing tool development to simulation campaigns, with follow-up of stages test and missions’ analysis with end customers for the complete life cycle of the launcher.

In this perimeter your responsibilities will include:

Lead the thermal environment problematic in coordination with the other development teams (mainly Avionics, Stages, Inter-Stage System, Upper Parts):

• Build the thermal analysis roadmap.

• Manage, build and/or integrate the sub-structures models to simulate the entire launcher along its missions regarding all thermal aspects (radiative/convective/conductive fluxes).

• Conduct Thermal analyses using commercial software to provide thermal specification and compute responses of the structure during the life phases of the launch system.

• Develop simplified mathematical models to kickstart the studies internally and validate the expected outcomes.

• Develop a coupled thermal response tool on launcher elements and upper part to verify the equipment and payloads compatibilities with the design.

Participate to the launcher definition technical trade-offs and elaborate technical justification on Thermal aspects.

• Participate to the measurement plan on system tests.

• Participate to upper part definition and needs for Payload comfort subjects on ground and in flight (Thermal and multi environment aspects).

• Contribute to mission preparation process.

Overseeing of subcontracted work in your responsibility field

• Scope of work definition

• Contract management and follow-up

• Delivery acceptance

Contribution to the overall launch system definition

• Contribute to the engineering effort of your team and cross-functionally between teams, even if it involves work outside of your main field of action, to contribute to the vehicle system synthesis.

Requirements:

🛸 Skills

• Proficiency in thermal analyses software (preferably Ansys Thermal Desktop or ESATAN-TMS) as well as programming languages for in-house tools development (preferably Python ...).
• Good level of French & English

Know-how :

• Team spirit, sharing and solidarity
• Curiosity, Adaptation, Pragmatism
• Rigor and precision

🎓Qualification:

• Generalist engineer, specialization in Thermal studies and/or aerospace
• Level: 3-5 years’ experience in Thermal management and analyses, knowledge of thermal products (isolation, heaters, regulators, etc.) would be a plus

🎬 Working at MaiaSpace

You will be joining a friendly multi-disciplinary team, comprised of multi-skilled people, following Agile and Scrum methodologies. This means that your role and responsibility may evolve over time with varied assignments and challenges depending on priorities and competences. Your work will be hands-on and in close contact with the final product. We are open-minded, transparent, pragmatic, result oriented and people centric. Teamwork is at the heart of how we work together and our co-workers share the same fundamental values: respect, humility, reactivity and autonomy with a passion for technical excellence. Our newly acquired office space at La Defense is located within the heart of Europe’s largest purpose built business and commercial district with easy access to public transport.

Written and spoken communication is in French and English.

🛸 Skills

• Proficiency in thermal specific tools (SAMSEF, ESATAN-TMS, …) as well as programming languages (C/C++, Python, Java, Xml, ...).
• Good level of French & English

Know-how :

• Team spirit, sharing and solidarity
• Curiosity, Adaptation
• Pragmatism
• Rigor and precision

🎓Qualification:

• Generalist engineer, specialization in Thermal studies and/or aerospace
• Level : 3-5 years experience in Thermal studies

🎬 Working at MaiaSpace

You will be joining a friendly multi-disciplinary team, comprised of multi-skilled people, following Agile and Scrum methodologies. This means that your role and responsibility may evolve over time with varied assignments and challenges depending on priorities and competences. Your work will be hands-on and in close contact with the final product. We are open-minded, transparent, pragmatic, result oriented and people centric. Teamwork is at the heart of how we work together and our co-workers share the same fundamental values: respect, humility, reactivity and autonomy with a passion for technical excellence. Our newly acquired office space at La Defense is located within the heart of Europe’s largest purpose built business and commercial district with easy access to public transport.

Written and spoken communication is in French and English.