Thermal Engineer

Golden, CO | On-Site | Full-Time

About Rendezvous Robotics

Today, everything we send to space is constrained by what fits inside a rocket fairing. That’s a fundamental bottleneck to building more capable spacecraft. Rendezvous Robotics is solving this problem with electromagnetic self-assembling tiles that enable spacecraft that are bigger and more powerful than anything that can be folded to fit into a rocket. We’re a small team based in Golden, Colorado, executing on a clear path from flight demonstration to our first operational systems. Our work spans hardware, software, and systems engineering, and we’re always looking for people who want to build things that matter.

The Role

We are looking for a Mid to Senior Level Thermal Engineer to fully own the design and analysis of thermal management systems for our self-assembling tiles and spacecraft. You will own the thermal architecture end to end—defining requirements, designing and sizing thermal-control hardware, building and correlating detailed thermal models, and carrying that hardware from concept through qualification, flight, and on-orbit operation. You’ll be the program’s thermal authority and a strong individual contributor: hands-on with both the analysis and the hardware, giving the design team data-driven recommendations and making the calls that k