Chemical Engineer - Modeling & Simulation

Mclaurin Aerospace • Houston, TX

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Chemical Engineer - Modeling & Simulation will support the advanced environmental control and life support systems analysis group and the Portable Life Support System (PLSS) group on the JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The role involves simulating and evaluating life support system performance for future NASA vehicles and habitats, including Orion and vehicles designed for lunar or Mars missions. The engineer will correlate water and air process simulation models with test results, model physical and chemical processes, size life support equipment for long-duration space flights, and evaluate and refine requirements for equipment supporting future missions. Other assigned tasks may also be performed.

This position has been advertised at multiple levels, and candidates may be considered at any advertised level based on experience, requirements, and business needs. The role requires a bachelor's degree in engineering and typically 2–5 years of experience in the field or a related area. U.S. citizenship and the ability to pass a comprehensive security background investigation are required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, in the field or a related area.
• Typically 2–5 years of experience in the field or a related area.
• Ability to develop simulation models of air and water purification processes at varying levels of fidelity, from detailed first-principles models to descriptive lumped-parameter models.
• Excellent technical writing skills and ability to use data to draw conclusions and support those conclusions when challenged.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent communication skills in a team environment.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to pass a comprehensive security background investigation.

Nice To Haves

• Aspen software experience.
• Experience with dynamic chemical process simulation.
• Programming knowledge in one or more of MATLAB, Simulink, Python, FORTRAN, C, or Visual Basic.
• Experience with chemical processes associated with NASA life support systems.
• Master's or Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Support the advanced environmental control and life support systems analysis group and the Portable Life Support System (PLSS) group.
• Simulate and evaluate life support system performance for future NASA vehicles and habitats, including Orion and vehicles capable of lunar or Mars missions.
• Correlate water and air process simulation models to test results.
• Model physical and chemical processes and size equipment that performs life support functions for long-duration space flights.
• Evaluate and refine requirements for life support equipment supporting future missions.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Positive work-life balance.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• 11 paid holidays annually.
• Generous paid time off.
• 401(k) after 12 months of service, with employer match.
• Education assistance.
• Relocation assistance, if applicable.

What This Job Offers

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