What are the responsibilities and job description for the Space Environments Engineer position at MbSolutions Inc?
Objective:
The JETS Space Environments team is seeking a Space Environments Engineer to provide systems engineering and multidisciplinary technical analysis/modeling support to the different NASA JSC programs.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support to the NASA JSC programs in the definition of natural and induced space environments.
- Provide systems engineering support to the NASA JSC programs in space environments requirements and verification activities, working in concert with NASA civil servants and designated contractors.
- Evaluate induced environmental hazards between elements or vehicles over the operational life period.
- Conduct systems engineering trade studies to identify potential risks and mitigations.
- Develop and update semi-empirical and theoretical models.
- Analyze/model molecular contamination and transport of contaminants from materials outgassing lunar dust, vacuum venting, and rocket engine thruster plumes onto elements/vehicles.
- Analyze optical property impacts from molecular contamination with exposure to the orbital environment (ultraviolet radiation, ionizing radiation, and atomic oxygen).
- Analyze/model plasma effects and spacecraft charging.
- Analyze/model radiation transport and effects on element hardware.
- Assess the compatibility of spacecraft hardware with natural and induced space environments.
- Perform other duties as required.
Requisition Qualifications:
- Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering and a minimum of 2 - 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
- 3 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g., M.S. or Ph.D.).
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience in Computer Programing.
- Strong analytical and computational skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary field.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Requisition Preferences:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear), Physics, or Chemistry
- M.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.
- 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.
- Knowledge of lunar dust characteristics and effects.
- 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, etc).
- Experience with external contamination/molecular deposition analysis codes and/or tools (e.g, Tecplot, NX, HyperWorks, ParaView, Matlab, LS Dyna, etc.)
- Experience with the Gateway Program, other NASA programs, and/or other space projects.
- Experience with the LINUX operating system.
