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ispace

Lunar payload transport and data services

Thermal Engineer

Aerospace EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's and/or master's degree in mechanical engineering or aerospace engineering.
  • At least 3 years of experience in design for aerospace or aviation applications.
  • Knowledge of thermal design and analysis for satellites or spacecraft.
  • Proficiency in Thermal Desktop for thermal analysis.
  • Business-level Japanese or English for internal communication and vendor interactions.

Responsibilities

  • Support thermal design work for spacecraft system development, including landers and satellites.
  • Perform thermal analyses and design thermal components for spacecraft systems.
  • Support the preparation of design specifications and design reviews.
  • Support design trade-off studies, material selection, manufacturing processes, and design verification.
  • Prepare test plans and reports, analyze test data, and support jig design for component and system testing.
  • Support thermal model development and perform thermal analyses to predict temperatures for engineering and flight models.
  • Support detailed spacecraft system and lander system design for thermal and operational performance.
  • Support testing, including rapid prototyping, hardware assembly, assembly work, and travel to test sites.
  • Report to team leaders and group managers.
  • Proactively coordinate across teams and balance project goals to achieve them.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience using CAD software and preparing drawings.
  • Proficiency with SolidWorks, FEMAP, NASTRAN, or equivalent software packages.
  • Knowledge of mechanical design, material selection, and manufacturing processes for spaceflight hardware or equivalent.
  • Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and tolerance stack-up calculation methods such as RSS.
  • Experience with new industrial development projects in aerospace or aviation.
  • At least 1 year of team leadership experience.
  • English communication, reading, and writing skills.

About the Company

ispace

Lunar payload transport and data services

ispace develops lunar exploration and resource development, offering two main services: Payload Services, which transports customer payloads to lunar orbit or the surface using its robotic landers and rovers, and Data Services, which collects and provides lunar data for mission planning and surface development. It differentiates itself by owning its own lunar hardware, using agile development with commercially off-the-shelf components to cut costs, and pursuing a cadence of Hakuto-R missions to establish a regular cislunar transport system, while partnering with NASA under CLPS and with ESA. Its goal is to enable a growing lunar economy by delivering reliable, affordable access to the Moon for scientists, governments, and industry and by advancing the utilization of lunar resources such as water ice.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2010

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