Environmental Control and Life Support- Modeling & Simulation Systems Engineer

Overview

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!  We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. We have a new opportunity for a We have an exciting opportunity for an Environmental Control and Life Support Systems Engineer - Modeling & Simulation to join the team with Barrios Technology, a teammate company.at Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX). 

 

Building on more than four decades of experience in providing innovative integration solutions for government and commercial space programs, Barrios offers an extensive range of engineering, software, and related technology integration services in support of the aerospace community. As a woman-owned and operated small business, we are a people-focused company that supports professional development, while working to ensure that you maintain a healthy work-life balance. 

 

Barrios employees actively participate in the growth of the commercial spaceflight industry through our partnerships with companies leading commercial space development, as well as successfully supporting NASA as our primary government customer. Our long history supporting Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the International Space Station, and now Commercial LEO, lays the groundwork for future missions to the Moon through our work on Orion, Gateway, and the Space Launch System. 

 

Responsibilities

The Environmental Control and Life Support Systems Engineer - Modeling & Simulation will:

• Support the advanced environmental control and life support systems analysis group
• Simulate and evaluate performance of life support systems for future NASA vehicles and habitats including the Orion spacecraft and vehicles capable of lunar or Mars missions
• Correlate fluid test results to corresponding model
• Model chemical processes, fluid flows, space environments, and size equipment performing life support functions space flights
• Evaluate and refine requirements for life support equipment that will support future missions
• Perform other tasks assigned

 

Qualifications

This position is posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate’s experience, position requirements and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised. 

 

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering with experience in the field or in a related area
• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering in the field or in a related area
• Capable of developing simulation models of chemical and fluid processes at varying levels of fidelity ranging from detailed, first-principle models to more descriptive lumped-parameter models
• Excellent technical writing skills and the ability to use data to draw conclusions and support the conclusions when challenged
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills in a team environment

Preferred Education/Experience/Skills:

• Aspen software experience
• Computational human modeling experience
• Experience with dynamic chemical or fluid process simulation
• Programming knowledge in one or more of the following: MATLAB, Simulink, Python, Star CCM, COMSOL
• Experience with chemical processes associated with NASA life support systems
• Experience with microgravity fluidics
• Experience with modeling or system design for two phase flow
• Understanding of the NASA processes for analysis, design, and system requirements

Essential Requirements:

 

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation
• Post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol as outlined in our Drug Free Workplace policy
• Work may involve sitting for extended periods
• May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lbs
• Must have sufficient mobility to enter areas of t