Lead mechanical design projects for high density, liquid-cooled systems in Azure datacenters.
Compensation
Mechanical Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.
Responsibilities
Lead Mechanical Design
Specification Development
Design and Prototyping
Performance Optimization
Design Review and Documentation
Requirements
Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering or related field
Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
Lead the design, analysis, and integration of Environmental Control Systems for a dedicated special access program, managing hardware sourcing, supplier execution, and flight‑ready delivery.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Lead ECS architecture definition and trade studies
Design and analyze vehicle air inlets, scoops, ducting networks, and ram‑air cooling circuits
Perform thermodynamic and heat transfer calculations and 1D fluid‑thermal network modeling
Author technical specifications and statements of work for ECS hardware
Evaluate vendors and drive supplier technical execution
Lead and develop a team of engineers responsible for environmental control systems, aircraft thermal management, and associated fluid and heat-transfer hardware on the X-BAT program.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Manage, mentor, and develop individual contributors; set goals, give feedback, support growth, and build a high-trust, high-standard team.
Set priorities, ownership, staffing, and execution cadence for X-BAT and Group 5 work; remove blockers and manage dependencies.
Guide ECS and thermal architecture, trades, and design reviews across thermal environments, cooling, airflow, ducting, heat exchangers, fluid circuits, and related hardware.
Set expectations for requirements, reviews, verification, risk management, configuration control, and design release through flight-ready hardware.
Resolve interfaces with structures, propulsion, avionics, EWIS, payloads, manufacturing, systems engineering, and test teams.
Requirements
B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline
As a Staff (L4) Aircraft Thermal Systems Engineer, you will take full technical ownership of thermal analysis, design, and vehicle integration for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Requirements
B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
related technical discipline
Nice to have: high-altitude aircraft thermal management
Lead the design, analysis, and integration of Environmental Control Systems for a dedicated special access program, managing architecture, trade studies, vendor sourcing, testing, and flight‑test validation.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Lead ECS architecture definition and trade studies
Design and analyze vehicle air inlets, scoops, ducting networks, and ram‑air cooling circuits
Perform thermodynamic and heat transfer calculations and 1D fluid‑thermal network modeling
Author technical specifications and statements of work for ECS hardware
Evaluate vendors and drive supplier technical execution
As a Staff Fluid and Mechanical Systems Engineer, you will be a hands-on multi-disciplinary owner of fluid-system layouts, thermal transport hardware, and adjacent mechanical design for a Group 5 UAV fighter aircraft.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Staff Engineer, Aircraft Thermal SystemsNewf7d8749a-72d6-407c-bf98-292ea630c73a · Seattle, US