Rocket Engine Thermal Analysis Engineer (m/f/d)
Bremen
Full-time
Permanent employee
Why us?
POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH develops innovative transportation systems that redefine access to space for payloads and passengers. We are continuing to expand our team and are looking to fill the position of a Rocket Engine Thermal Analysis Engineer (m/f/d).
Your mission
- Perform thermal design and analysis of rocket engines at system, subsystem, and component level
- Setup 0D/1D simulations for steady state and transient conditions
- Determine thermal loads from the hot gas in the combustion chamber into the injector and the chamber wall
- Design and assess cooling concepts such as regenerative cooling, film cooling, and radiative heat transfer
- Analyze heat transfer in hot gas flows, combustion chambers, nozzles, and cooling structures
- Define thermal boundary conditions, load cases, and thermal margins
- Support engine design by identifying thermal risks and proposing optimization
- Correlate analytical results with test data and derive design updates
- Document models, assumptions, results, and design decisions
- Collaborate closely with design, systems, CFD, test, and manufacturing teams
Your profile
- Degree in Space Engineering, Aerospace Engineering (M.Sc.) or similar
- Minimum of 2 years of full-time experience
- Strong background in thermal conditions inside of rocket engines
- Profound understanding of fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, heat conduction, heat transfer and radiation
- Profound understanding of cooling channel design
- Proactive thinking, high level of motivation, flexibility, and team-working skills
- Proficiency in both German and English
What we offer
- Long-term prospects with a permanent employment contract
- Being part of an international, highly motivated team
- Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
- Flexible working hours
- Use of our company fitness program with EGYM Wellpass
- The opportunity to contribute your ideas and actively shape the company
Join us in shaping the future of space transportation and making a positive impact. If your profile fits our requirements, apply now by sending your complete application portfolio, including CV, certificates and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and why you are the ideal candidate for this role.
About us
Our mission is to pioneer a new era of space transportation by flying to space and back like an aircraft — taking off and landing at airports, and reusing our spaceplanes for hundreds of missions. We combine unprecedented cost efficiency with unique flexibility and safety, enabling breakthrough advances in both space transportation and hypersonic flight. This vision is currently pursued by almost 80 employees every day.
At POLARIS we value on-site collaboration, so we generally do not offer home office. Please apply only if you feel comfortable with this working model – it saves valuable time for everyone involved.
At POLARIS we value on-site collaboration, so we generally do not offer home office. Please apply only if you feel comfortable with this working model – it saves valuable time for everyone involved.