Engineering Assistant - Space Hardware Design and Analysis

Amentum•Houston, TX

About The Position

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you! We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA's pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA's largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. We have an exciting opportunity for a Engineering Assistant - Space Hardware Design and Analysis to join the team with Intuitive Machines, a teammate company. The Engineering Assistant - Space Hardware Design and Analysis will: Report directly to the Group Manager of the Design and Analysis Group. Provide support and work directly with the Design and Analysis Group Section Managers. Help in the development and deployment of design and analysis training material. Update engineering documents. Utilize and aid in the compilation of output from the activity reporting tool for the group. Coordinate technical design reviews and manage associated tools and documents. Review and coordinate the execution of Engineering Service Requests. Coordinate Drawing Review and Release approval for fabrication. Develop tools and maintain design engineering task automation tools. Complete design and drawings for various projects utilizing PTC CREO or Altium Designer. Conduct analysis on various designs utilizing electrical and mechanical analysis tools such as Pspice, NASTRAN, Thermal Desktop etc. Aid in the maintenance of design configuration documents for a given design. Maintain various bills of materials and procurement lists for a given design. Perform investigative legwork for design and test anomalies, process escapes, or the like. Assist in the development of new or improved tools, processes, workflows, or plans and present new material to the group. Review proposals for these new tools. Work in a laboratory environment, following standard operating procedures. Manage and provide input to Design and Analysis Group Wiki Maintain and improve upon Design Manufacturing Database Develop and maintain Smartsheet or SharePoint tools for drawing and design review tracking. Develop and maintain Smartsheet or SharePoint tools for Resource Allocation. Provide logistics and hardware setup for Engineering Development Facility Laboratory area. Provide design, analysis and logistics support to various innovations and NASA direct projects. Acclimation to various design/development configuration management tools such as git, SVN etc. Develop and maintain tools for design/analysis task earned value monitoring. Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering with experience in the field or in a related area.
Possess the ability to coordinate support from a wide range of technical disciplines.
Possess the ability to visualize and work with others in problem-solving as part of a team.
Experience with mechanical CAD packages such as PTC CREO or Solidworks.
Exposure to electrical schematic entry and printed circuit board layout tools such as Altium Designer.
Prior experience with various programming tools and environments such as Matlab, Mathcad, Python, C++, LabVIEW etc.
Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Proficient with the Microsoft suite of tools.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Nice To Haves

Experience utilizing Smartsheet Tool.
Experience with technical writing.
Proficient in MS Office programs, particularly OneNote, Teams, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.
Excellent communication and organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment.

Responsibilities

Report directly to the Group Manager of the Design and Analysis Group.
Provide support and work directly with the Design and Analysis Group Section Managers.
Help in the development and deployment of design and analysis training material.
Update engineering documents.
Utilize and aid in the compilation of output from the activity reporting tool for the group.
Coordinate technical design reviews and manage associated tools and documents.
Review and coordinate the execution of Engineering Service Requests.
Coordinate Drawing Review and Release approval for fabrication.
Develop tools and maintain design engineering task automation tools.
Complete design and drawings for various projects utilizing PTC CREO or Altium Designer.
Conduct analysis on various designs utilizing electrical and mechanical analysis tools such as Pspice, NASTRAN, Thermal Desktop etc.
Aid in the maintenance of design configuration documents for a given design.
Maintain various bills of materials and procurement lists for a given design.
Perform investigative legwork for design and test anomalies, process escapes, or the like.
Assist in the development of new or improved tools, processes, workflows, or plans and present new material to the group.
Review proposals for these new tools.
Work in a laboratory environment, following standard operating procedures.
Manage and provide input to Design and Analysis Group Wiki
Maintain and improve upon Design Manufacturing Database
Develop and maintain Smartsheet or SharePoint tools for drawing and design review tracking.
Develop and maintain Smartsheet or SharePoint tools for Resource Allocation.
Provide logistics and hardware setup for Engineering Development Facility Laboratory area.
Provide design, analysis and logistics support to various innovations and NASA direct projects.
Acclimation to various design/development configuration management tools such as git, SVN etc.
Develop and maintain tools for design/analysis task earned value monitoring.
Perform other duties as required.