Aerospace Engineer

HX5, LLC•Brooklyn, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

HX5 is seeking an Aerospace Engineer to support the GEARS contract at NASA Glenn Research Center. The role involves supporting the HLS Site Availability Lead and the lunar landing site availability analysis team. This effort is part of the System Architectures and Analytical Studies Branch at NASA GRC, focusing on research and engineering to define and analyze communication system architectures. The position contributes to NASA's mission of landing humans on the Moon by 2028, which requires analyzing data, results, and recommendations from Human Landing System (HLS) providers. This includes complex data analysis and synthesis of geological and environmental properties, spacecraft capabilities, mission design factors, launch window opportunities, and communication availability to assess potential landing sites for safety and optimal conditions (solar illumination, Earth-Moon communication, lunar surface communication).

Requirements

Proficient in Matlab software and coding
Familiarity or experience with analysis for space related applications
Familiarity or experience with space flight mechanics and orbital dynamics
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proof of U.S. Citizenship is a requirement for this position.
Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.

Nice To Haves

Cross-discipline knowledge that includes: Launch window analysis and logistics, Orbital trajectory analysis, Line of sight communication
Familiarity or experience with GCAS, STK, SOAP or similar software package
Familiarity or experience with C++
Experience working on NASA space related projects

Responsibilities

Provide incremental and final results, documentation, and software scripts to support concurrent analysis cycles for NASA's return to the Moon.
Review plans for follow-on cycles and make recommendations for improving the lunar site selection process.
Attend and participate in weekly meetings to provide status updates and support collaboration within the multi-NASA center HLS site availability team.
Identify and select potential lunar landing sites using the Glenn Research Center Communication Analysis Suite (GCAS) software package and information from previous analysis cycles.
Perform analysis and synthesis of data related to mission constraints, figures of merit, and the logistics of orbital trajectories to support site selections.