Remote Thermal Engineer Jobs
Remote thermal engineer jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first firms and distributed engineering teams in aerospace, defense, semiconductors, and consumer electronics. Employers hiring remotely right now include NuScale Power, Kiewit Corporation, and ASML. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Requisition ID: 182906
Job Level: Senior Level
Home District/Group: Kiewit Power Engineering
Department: Design Engineering
Market: Power
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Overview
Our Kiewit Engineering Group is seeking a Lead Thermal Performance Engineer who has experience in Power Plant Performance analysis. This individual will model cycles and assist design of cycles along with testing assistance of the cycle in the form of creating correction curve and supporting calculations reviews, collect data, calculate test results, and communicate results with various teams involved. Occasional travel will be required from project sites to the main office for accurate testing.
District Overview
Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc is a full-service consulting and engineering firm serving the infrastructure and engineering markets. Our combined staff of more than 1,300 engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve transportation, power, water/wastewater, mining, building, and oil, gas & chemical markets. Backed by 130 years of construction experience, our construction-driven engineering focuses on constructability and safety in the earliest phases of projects to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery.
Our rapidly growing Power district, which includes structural, civil, piping, mechanical, process, process safety, electrical, instrument and control disciplines, is a multi-faceted division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the EPC delivery model for power facilities. We offer a variety of engineering services, including owner's engineering, project development, detailed engineering and design, construction management and plant services. Our engineering teams bring power projects to life across North America in the following areas:
- Gas-fired generation
- Power delivery
- Environmental retrofits
- Renewables and new technology
- Water/wastewater
Location
Candidates may work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. While relocation is not required, the ideal candidate would be open to relocating to Lenexa, KS in the future to support collaboration and team growth.
Responsibilities
- Develop power plant heat balances to support proposal efforts, plant guarantees, risk and liability calculations as well as project team detailed design efforts, and performance test correction curves.
- Prepare and assess Plant Thermal Performance development and design using plant thermal performance modeling and estimating software tools like Ebsilon software.
- Coordinate with equipment vendors for thermal sizing and performance evaluations, including combustion turbine, heat recovery steam generator, steam turbine, steam surface condenser, wet cooling tower, air-cooled condenser, and pump vendors.
- Assist with development of thermal performance test procedures based on project requirements.
- Support execution of performance tests in the field.
- Assist calculations to determine plant emission guarantees and plant start-up times guarantees.
- Assist combined cycle power plant startup curves preparations.
- Perform non-compressible and compressible fluid flow calculations including pressure drop, choked flow, bypass valve sizing.
Qualifications
- 2-10+ years’ experience in power plant performance analysis and performance modeling and/or performance testing using ASME Performance Test Codes.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (or other engineering discipline with strong thermodynamic component) from an ABET accredited four-year college or university program.
- Proficiency in thermodynamics, thermodynamic cycles, and fluid mechanics.
- Understanding of power plant equipment operation from a thermodynamic perspective.
- Experience with industrial instrumentation and data acquisition systems. Familiarity with distributed control systems a plus.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills. Experience in development of XLL add ins a plus.
- Familiarity and working knowledge of heat balance calculation software (Ebsilon/GateCycle/Thermoflex or similar in-house software) a plus.
- Highly self-motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative.
- Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time.
- Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity.
- Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals and objectives.
- Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail.
- This position may require approximately 20%-40% travel in 1-4 week intervals to project sites across North America. Travel percentage is highly dependent on project schedules
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Working Conditions
Other Requirements:
- Regular, reliable attendance
- Work productively and meet deadlines timely
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
- Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
- Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
- May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.
We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
Requisition ID: 182906
Job Level: Senior Level
Home District/Group: Kiewit Power Engineering
Department: Design Engineering
Market: Power
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Overview
Our Kiewit Engineering Group is seeking a Lead Thermal Performance Engineer who has experience in Power Plant Performance analysis. This individual will model cycles and assist design of cycles along with testing assistance of the cycle in the form of creating correction curve and supporting calculations reviews, collect data, calculate test results, and communicate results with various teams involved. Occasional travel will be required from project sites to the main office for accurate testing.
District Overview
Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc is a full-service consulting and engineering firm serving the infrastructure and engineering markets. Our combined staff of more than 1,300 engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve transportation, power, water/wastewater, mining, building, and oil, gas & chemical markets. Backed by 130 years of construction experience, our construction-driven engineering focuses on constructability and safety in the earliest phases of projects to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery.
Our rapidly growing Power district, which includes structural, civil, piping, mechanical, process, process safety, electrical, instrument and control disciplines, is a multi-faceted division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the EPC delivery model for power facilities. We offer a variety of engineering services, including owner's engineering, project development, detailed engineering and design, construction management and plant services. Our engineering teams bring power projects to life across North America in the following areas:
- Gas-fired generation
- Power delivery
- Environmental retrofits
- Renewables and new technology
- Water/wastewater
Location
Candidates may work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. While relocation is not required, the ideal candidate would be open to relocating to Lenexa, KS in the future to support collaboration and team growth.
Responsibilities
- Develop power plant heat balances to support proposal efforts, plant guarantees, risk and liability calculations as well as project team detailed design efforts, and performance test correction curves.
- Prepare and assess Plant Thermal Performance development and design using plant thermal performance modeling and estimating software tools like Ebsilon software.
- Coordinate with equipment vendors for thermal sizing and performance evaluations, including combustion turbine, heat recovery steam generator, steam turbine, steam surface condenser, wet cooling tower, air-cooled condenser, and pump vendors.
- Assist with development of thermal performance test procedures based on project requirements.
- Support execution of performance tests in the field.
- Assist calculations to determine plant emission guarantees and plant start-up times guarantees.
- Assist combined cycle power plant startup curves preparations.
- Perform non-compressible and compressible fluid flow calculations including pressure drop, choked flow, bypass valve sizing.
Qualifications
- 2-10+ years’ experience in power plant performance analysis and performance modeling and/or performance testing using ASME Performance Test Codes.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (or other engineering discipline with strong thermodynamic component) from an ABET accredited four-year college or university program.
- Proficiency in thermodynamics, thermodynamic cycles, and fluid mechanics.
- Understanding of power plant equipment operation from a thermodynamic perspective.
- Experience with industrial instrumentation and data acquisition systems. Familiarity with distributed control systems a plus.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills. Experience in development of XLL add ins a plus.
- Familiarity and working knowledge of heat balance calculation software (Ebsilon/GateCycle/Thermoflex or similar in-house software) a plus.
- Highly self-motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative.
- Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time.
- Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity.
- Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals and objectives.
- Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail.
- This position may require approximately 20%-40% travel in 1-4 week intervals to project sites across North America. Travel percentage is highly dependent on project schedules
#LI-PC1
Working Conditions
Other Requirements:
- Regular, reliable attendance
- Work productively and meet deadlines timely
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
- Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
- Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
- May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.
We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Energy
- Manufacturing
- Construction & Real Estate
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote thermal engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a closely related engineering field
- Proficiency with thermal simulation software such as ANSYS or Star-CCM+
- Experience with heat transfer analysis including conduction, convection, and radiation
- Familiarity with PCB and electronic component thermal management techniques
- Ability to interpret and produce engineering drawings and thermal test reports
- Experience collaborating with electrical and mechanical design teams on product development
Tips for Your Remote Thermal Engineer Job Search
Show your async thermal analysis workflow
Remote employers want proof you can communicate thermal findings without real-time back-and-forth. Document a simulation project from setup through results in a written report or slide deck and link it from your resume. Clear, standalone documentation is a stronger signal than an interview answer alone.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote thermal engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your skills and apply directly without sorting through mixed listings. Applying in the first days a role is posted keeps you ahead of the bulk of applicants.
Highlight simulation tool proficiency upfront
Remote thermal engineer roles screen heavily on tools like ANSYS Icepak, FloTHERM, Simcenter, or Flotherm XT because distributed teams can't supervise hands-on work. Name the specific software and version you've used in your resume summary, not buried in a skills list at the bottom.
Prepare for remote technical interview formats
Many remote thermal engineer interviews include a take-home simulation task or a live screen-share walkthrough of your past analysis. Practice narrating your methodology and assumptions out loud while sharing a results file, since distributed hiring panels judge technical reasoning and communication together.
Remote Thermal Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote thermal engineer job?
Target companies with distributed engineering teams, particularly in aerospace, defense, semiconductors, and hardware startups that have embraced fully remote workflows. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and proficiency with simulation tools like ANSYS Icepak or FloTHERM. A portfolio showing thermal analysis projects you led independently, plus demonstrated experience with async documentation practices, gives you a real edge over candidates who can only point to in-office work.
Which companies hire remote thermal engineers?
Remote thermal engineer roles are posted by NuScale Power, Kiewit Corporation, and ASML and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These tend to be remote-first hardware companies, distributed aerospace and defense contractors, and semiconductor firms with engineering teams spread across multiple time zones.
Can you get a remote thermal engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level thermal engineer roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot independently without in-person mentorship. Your strongest move is to build a portfolio of thermal simulation projects using tools like ANSYS or Simcenter, contribute to open-source hardware efforts, or complete internships that produced documented thermal analysis deliverables. Showing you can communicate findings clearly in writing closes the gap that experience would otherwise fill.
Do you need a degree for remote thermal engineer jobs?
Usually, but not always. Most remote thermal engineer postings list a bachelor's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering as a baseline requirement, and many prefer a master's for roles involving complex CFD or heat transfer modeling. Remote employers also weigh demonstrated simulation tool proficiency, a portfolio of real thermal analysis work, and certifications in tools like ANSYS. Strong evidence of independent technical judgment can sometimes offset a non-traditional academic background.
Which industries hire the most remote thermal engineers?
Remote thermal engineer roles concentrate in Energy, Manufacturing, and Construction & Real Estate, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors rely on distributed engineering teams that can collaborate effectively on thermal design and simulation work without requiring engineers to be on-site full time.
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