What are the responsibilities and job description for the Aerospace Simulation Developer position at Mclaurin Aerospace?
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.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Aerospace Simulation Developer to join our ESSCA contract team at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL.
The Aerospace Simulation Developer helps support the development, integration, and testing of 6 DOF trajectory simulation software for NASA's SLS/ARTEMIS program. This position will require a well-rounded background of flight dynamics modelling skills, experience with computer programming, and the desire to perform high fidelity analyses to help optimize and integrate inputs for the flight dynamics of the Artemis mission.
The Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) team is a high performing group executing challenging tasks to design and integrate GN&C systems for NASA projects ranging from NASA's Space Launch System(SLS) to NASA's Human Lander System. We are searching for highly qualified candidates to support NASA's Flight Dynamics Team in the Guidance, Navigation, & Mission Analysis branch at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. This exciting work will serve as a critical step in sending humans back to the Moon, Mars and beyond!
Job Functions:
- Analysis of launch vehicle and spacecraft, dynamics, equations of motion, and trajectories to assess performance of spacecraft ascent trajectories, mission analysis, and related studies
- Modeling ascent and in-space environments, errors, disturbances, GN&C algorithms, sensors, actuators, and mechanisms
- Simulate and analyze nominal, contingency, and failure scenarios during ascent and in-space flight
- Develop algorithms and tools to analyze 6 DOF trajectories using Monte Carlo techniques
- Execute/modify existing software/scripts in C, Python, C
- Help develop and improve NASA's MAVERIC simulation
Duties:
- Dynamic modeling of 6 DOF single body systems.
- Creating, editing and debugging software written in C, Python, Matlab, Fortran, and C .
- Optimization and improvement of analysis tools and GN&C models.
- Working with GN&C leads and other engineering disciplines.
- Supporting the verification and validation of technical products.
- Creation and review of engineering and software documentation.
- Preparing and Presenting technical reports and briefings.
Qualifications:
A degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or related field is required. Degree from an ABET-accredited university is preferred. Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a Ph.D. with a minimum 19 years of experience; Masters with at least 23 years of experience, or a BS with at least 25 years of experience.
- C and/or programming experience, preferably both
- Python programming experience
- BASH experience
- Software & simulation integration OR Modeling & simulation experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Dynamically model 6 DOF single body systems.
- Matlab, Fortran, C programming experience.
- Familiarity with Linux, Bash, and the use of computational clusters/servers.
- Support the design, integration, and analysis of GN&C products.
- Configure, conduct, and analyze 6-DOF Monte Carlo simulations.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Positive work-life balance
- 100% Employer paid insurance including: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term disability, and long-term disability
- 11 paid holidays annually
- Generous PTO
- 401k after 12 months of service with employer match
- Education assistance
- Relocation assistance (if applicable)
Mclaurin is a unique organization with a special focus on combining the best features of research and industry in order to foster innovation. Our organization strongly supports research, publication, and engagement with the academic community. We encourage our employees to remain on the cutting edge of new developments in their respective disciplines.
US Citizenship and the ability to pass a comprehensive security background investigation is required.
Mclaurin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
