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Denver, CO Huntsville, AL Sunnyvale, CA
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Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)
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Job Description
Booster Thermal Lead (Senior–Principal) | Huntsville, AL / Sunnyvale, CA / Denver, CO | Active Secret Clearance
Innovien is supporting the work on a major national missile defense program. We're hiring a Booster Thermal Lead to own the thermal analysis effort for the booster vehicle as the program moves toward Critical Design Review, blending hands-on technical ownership with leadership of a small analyst team.
What You'll Do
Lead the booster vehicle's thermal analysis effort and own its requirements across the full lifecycle
Personally perform and review the team's most critical and complex thermal analyses
Communicate directly with the government customer, defending design decisions, conservatisms, and requirement interpretations
Translate system-level trajectory and design reference mission inputs into scoped guidance for component-level analysts
Serve as the critical-path escalation point when booster thermal issues threaten program milestones
What You Bring
10+ years of thermal analysis experience, including leading vehicle-level thermal analysis on launch vehicle or missile programs
Hands-on ability to build and run thermal analysis in Siemens NX Space Systems Thermal, stepping in personally on critical-path problems
Working knowledge across booster or missile subsystems such as thermal protective systems, flight termination systems, telemetry systems, or solid rocket motor propellant systems
Proven ability to communicate and defend technical analysis to a demanding government customer under pushback
Experience mentoring junior analysts and reviewing component-level work
Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or related Engineering field (advanced degree a plus)
Nice to Have
Experience proposing alternative test approaches for hardware difficult to qualify under thermal test conditions
Experience on programs with a similarly demanding government customer
Details
Active U.S. Secret clearance required
Onsite, 5 days/week (9/80 schedule available) — Denver, CO; Huntsville, AL; Sunnyvale, CA
W2
Contract through 2030, with potential extension based on program need
Innovien Solutions is an AI-native technology and talent company. We move fast, we're selective, and we back our consultants.
Innovien is supporting the work on a major national missile defense program. We're hiring a Booster Thermal Lead to own the thermal analysis effort for the booster vehicle as the program moves toward Critical Design Review, blending hands-on technical ownership with leadership of a small analyst team.
What You'll Do
Lead the booster vehicle's thermal analysis effort and own its requirements across the full lifecycle
Personally perform and review the team's most critical and complex thermal analyses
Communicate directly with the government customer, defending design decisions, conservatisms, and requirement interpretations
Translate system-level trajectory and design reference mission inputs into scoped guidance for component-level analysts
Serve as the critical-path escalation point when booster thermal issues threaten program milestones
What You Bring
10+ years of thermal analysis experience, including leading vehicle-level thermal analysis on launch vehicle or missile programs
Hands-on ability to build and run thermal analysis in Siemens NX Space Systems Thermal, stepping in personally on critical-path problems
Working knowledge across booster or missile subsystems such as thermal protective systems, flight termination systems, telemetry systems, or solid rocket motor propellant systems
Proven ability to communicate and defend technical analysis to a demanding government customer under pushback
Experience mentoring junior analysts and reviewing component-level work
Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or related Engineering field (advanced degree a plus)
Nice to Have
Experience proposing alternative test approaches for hardware difficult to qualify under thermal test conditions
Experience on programs with a similarly demanding government customer
Details
Active U.S. Secret clearance required
Onsite, 5 days/week (9/80 schedule available) — Denver, CO; Huntsville, AL; Sunnyvale, CA
W2
Contract through 2030, with potential extension based on program need
Innovien Solutions is an AI-native technology and talent company. We move fast, we're selective, and we back our consultants.
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