Senior Space Environments Engineer (Radiation) - NASA

Senior Space Environments (Radiation) Engineer

NASA Kennedy Space Center - Merritt Island, Florida.

The ideal candidate:

Will support on our behalf for analysis of requirements, designs, and operating environments associated with NASA Gateway Logistics Services (GLS) systems and missions from launch through on-station operations. This position also provides insight and surveillance of logistics service contractors, as well as recommendations to optimize performance and resolve issues associated with operation and maintenance of space systems and structures in the deep space environment.

Contract Overview

Aegis Aerospace has been selected by NASA to provide insight, surveillance, systems engineering, analysis, and mission operations support services to the DeepSpace Logistics (DSL) Project at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 

• Analyze system and sub-system level requirements, designs, and test protocols to determine suitability of Gateway logistics systems for operation in the deep space environment, with special consideration for the space radiation environment
• Participate in reviews and working groups to share information, findings and recommendations related to the design and function of electrical, mechanical and data systems that must operate in deep space radiation environments.
• Participate in system failure and anomaly investigations, and conduct root-cause analysis
• Based on analysis and observation, provide recommendations for concurrence or nonconcurrence with the Gateway Logistics Services Provider’s action

• B.S. degree in engineering or related discipline from an accredited engineering school and fourteen (14) years of related engineering experience or an M.S. degree in engineering or a related discipline from an accredited engineering school and ten (10) years of related engineering experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Ability to work in a team environment consisting of NASA civil servants and various contractor employees.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with NASA commercial launch services vehicles and providers is highly desired.
• Knowledge of Spacecraft concepts and operations
• Knowledge of software tools for modeling and analyzing space environments including radiation environments. Proficiency highly desired with RadCAD®,

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About Aegis Aerospace

We are a woman-owned space and technology company headquartered in Houston, TX.  Our primary objective is to support the Department of Defense and NASA in achieving their missions to defend the security of our country, reach new heights and to discover the unknown. We employ some of the brightest, most experienced engineering and technology experts in the U.S.

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Aegis Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer /M/F/disability/protected veteran employer.