Fracture Mechanics Engineer

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 an exciting opportunity for a Fracture Mechanics Engineer to join the team with HX5, a teammate company.

The Fracture Mechanics Engineer will:

• Develop fracture mechanics and programming solutions for the NASGRO® Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue Crack Growth Software applications suite.
• Participate in research projects in fracture mechanics and fatigue
• Interact with the community of software users extensively
• Perform other duties as required.​

Requisition Qualifications:

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

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a minimum of 1 year of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Expertise in computational methods and tools to solve Fracture Mechanics problems
• Ability to navigate through and write additional segments of code to existing software with Fortran core and C++ graphical user interface.
• Ability to write Fortran code is essential.
• Knowledge of GUI tool kits such as wxWidgets is desirable.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral, are needed. Ability to respond efficiently and competently to queries from large user community is essential.
• Ability to work effectively, rationally and quickly in real-time environments of rapid-change, conflicting requirements, and occasional pressure.
• Familiarity with MS Office Software is expected. 
• Familiarity with LaTeX system for technical documentation is desirable.

Requisition Preferences:

• ​Engineer with Master's Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Civil Engineering from an accredited engineering school and a minimum of eight (8) years of direct engineering experience, or a Ph. D degree and four (4) years direct engineering experience.