Space Environment Engineer (BT-25089)

The Space Environment Engineer will support the JETS II contract in Houston, TX.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide support as a space environments engineer for multiple NASA programs including Gateway and Axiom Station.
• Provide systems engineering support with space environments requirements and verification activities, working in concert with NASA civil servants and designated contractors.
• Evaluate induced environmental hazards between space station elements and visiting vehicles.
• Conduct systems engineering trade studies in the form of modeling/analysis activities to identify potential contamination risks and mitigations strategies.
• Develop and update semi-empirical and theoretical models.
• Analyze/model molecular contamination and transport of contaminants from contamination sources (such as materials outgassing, vacuum venting, and chemical thruster plumes) onto external surfaces.
• Analyze/model plasma effects and spacecraft charging.
• Analyze/model radiation transport and effects to materials.
• Assess compatibility of spacecraft hardware with natural and induced space environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

 

REQUIRED:

This position has been posted at multiple levels (must meet minimum level indicated). 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.

 

• This position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
• Must have space industry or DoD work experience.
• Requires a bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, chemical, electrical or nuclear engineering, physics or chemistry.
• Must have 3+ years of recent and related work experience.
• Experience with CAD and 3D modeling software (Creo, SolidWorks, etc.).
• Experience with meshing and/or finite element analysis software (Femap, NX Advanced Simulation, Ansys, Thermal Desktop, HyperWorks, etc.).
• Experience in Computer Programing.
• Strong analytical and computational skills (CFD and thermal analysis skills/experience are transferable)
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary field.

 

DESIRED:

• S. or Ph.D. in Engineering.
• 5 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g., M.S. or Ph.D.). GPA 3.0 or higher.
• Experience with coding in Fortran, Python, C++, or MATLAB.
• Experience with hydrocode (LS Dyna).
• Experience with Linux operating system and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters.
• Knowledge of natural and induced Space Environments (Cislunar - Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO), Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Geostationary Orbit (GEO), and High Earth Orbit (HEO)).
• Knowledge of GCR, solar wind/ plasma, CMEs/SEPs, solar irradiance, micrometeoroid, and cislunar gravity models and definitions.
• Experience with developing software to implement analytical models.
• Experience with materials outgassing, molecular transport, thin film deposition, optical property degradation, molecular gas dynamics, and/or multi-phase flows.
• Experience with hypergolic and Hall Effect thrusters' operation as well as associated plume characteristics.
• Experience with plasma charging analyses, ionizing radiation analyses, and/or related tools (NASCAP, SPIS, IRI, AE9/AP9, CREME96, SHIELDOSE, ESP/PHYCHIC, SPENVIS, MCNP, etc.).
• Experience with external contamination/molecular deposition analysis codes and/or tools (e.g., Tecplot, NX, Hyper Works, Para View, MATLAB, LS Dyna, etc.).
• Experience with the Gateway Program, other NASA programs, and/or other space projects.
• Experience with the LINUX operating system.

 

WORK LOCATION:

• This position is located onsite.
• This position offers a 9/80 schedule, every other Friday off.
• This position may require some travel.