Aerospace Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton • Houston, TX

19h • $69,300 - $158,000

About The Position

Aerospace Engineer The Opportunity: This position will be joining the Booz Allen Space Environments Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Team that supports the client by tackling the challenges of lunar dust contamination of spacecraft and other assets by modeling the complex interactions between dust particles, the space environment, and spacecraft. To do so, they develop and use advanced computational modeling tools and techniques. Join the team as they develop a comprehensive modeling and analysis framework for the client’s Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program (EHP) to characterize the risks lunar dust poses to the success of a permanent human presence on the Moon. As an aerospace engineer on the team, you will be responsible for developing new M&S capabilities and will model systems and environments of interest and simulate physical phenomena such as plasma interactions with spacecraft and dust. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with M&S of physical phenomena or systems
• Experience with rarefied gas dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, direct simulation Monte Carlo, discrete element method, particle-in-cell simulations, space environments effects such as radiation transport, materials outgassing and contamination, or spacecraft charging
• Experience developing software to implement analytical and computational models
• Experience with data processing and statistical techniques, and programming in Fortran, Python, or C++
• Experience with CAD and 3D modeling software such as SolidWorks and NX
• Experience with FEA, CFD, or tools such as STAR-CCM+, Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Thermal Desktop, and Loci-Chem
• Experience writing technical documentation or scientific publications
• Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks, work in both a team and independently, and communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in a Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, CS, or Applied Mathematics field

Nice To Haves

• Experience modeling chemically reacting flows
• Experience modeling plasma or dust-plasma coupling
• Experience applying machine learning (ML) to solve engineering problems with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow
• Experience working with Linux environments
• Experience performing Discrete Element Method (DEM) analyses
• Experience modeling Hall-effect thrusters or other electric propulsion systems
• Experience producing original research
• Experience working with U.S. government clients, including in the space domain
• Secret clearance
• Master’s degree in Engineering or a related field

Responsibilities

• developing new M&S capabilities
• model systems and environments of interest
• simulate physical phenomena such as plasma interactions with spacecraft and dust

Benefits

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• paid leave
• professional development
• tuition assistance
• work-life programs
• dependent care
• recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level