Contamination and Control Engineer

KBR•Greenbelt, MD

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This job includes implementing contamination controls and operations for spacecraft, instruments, and associated hardware at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Will guide and instruct technicians to ensure proper contamination control during Integration and Test (I&T) operations, including hardware cleaning, inspection, bagging and transport. Challenges include risk mitigation during environmental test (thermal vacuum, vibration, acoustic & electromagnetic compatibility) as well as during internal transport. You will also monitor, evaluate, and verify implementation of Project contamination control requirements and assist in troubleshooting and solving contamination problems. It is important for you to be agile and adaptable as this can be a rapidly evolving environment, sometimes with short turnaround needed to respond to Project needs. These activities will be primarily in-person, on site at GSFC.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or Math (or equivalent experience).
10 years of relevant experience.
Substantial, relevant experience working in an aerospace clean room, preferably with space flight hardware, and ideally on site at GSFC.
Willingness and demonstrated ability to learn on the job.
Good communication skills, including across disciplines and technical knowledge levels.
Ability to work well in a team.
Ability to accept direction from more experienced contamination control engineers.
Ability to work with engineers in various disciplines, as well technicians and management staff.

Nice To Haves

Experience with hardware cleaning and inspection methods in aerospace clean rooms.
Knowledge of relevant materials, processes, coatings, planetary protection (biology, microbiology), outgassing, offgassing, vacuum systems, and the space environment (vacuum, particulate and electromagnetic radiation, thermal, atomic oxygen).

Responsibilities

Implement contamination controls and operations for spacecraft, instruments, and associated hardware.
Guide and instruct technicians to ensure proper contamination control during Integration and Test (I&T) operations, including hardware cleaning, inspection, bagging and transport.
Mitigate risks during environmental tests (thermal vacuum, vibration, acoustic & electromagnetic compatibility) and during internal transport.
Monitor, evaluate, and verify implementation of Project contamination control requirements.
Assist in troubleshooting and solving contamination problems.
Be agile and adaptable in a rapidly evolving environment, responding to Project needs with short turnaround times.