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About Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.
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The Thermal Design Engineer joins the Thermal Engineering team to support thermal design and analysis for advanced defense hardware, including drones, aircraft, missiles, and related flight systems. The role involves applying first-principles engineering judgment through hand calculations, spreadsheets, and MATLAB or Python models to inform critical design decisions. Key responsibilities include building and maintaining thermal FEA/CFD models to predict performance, supporting prototype builds with sensor selection and data acquisition, and defining architectures for rugged environments and demanding flight envelopes. The candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to document power dissipation and thermal constraints while developing internal tools to improve decision-making speed. Required skills include expertise in heat transfer and fluid dynamics, proficiency in MATLAB or Python, and the ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance. Preferred experience includes using STAR-CCM+, ANSYS, Icepak, Flotherm, or SolidWorks.