Senior Aerospace Textile Engineer

Barrios Technology • Houston, TX

73d

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 Senior Aerospace Textile Engineer to join the team with Barrios, a teammate company. Building on more than four decades of experience in providing innovative integration solutions for government and commercial space programs, Barrios offers an extensive range of engineering, software, and related technology integration services in support of the aerospace community. As a woman-owned and operated small business, we are a people-focused company that supports professional development, while working to ensure that you maintain a healthy work-life balance. Barrios employees actively participate in the growth of the commercial spaceflight industry through our partnerships with companies leading commercial space development, as well as successfully supporting NASA as our primary government customer. Our long history supporting Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the International Space Station, and now Commercial LEO, lays the groundwork for future missions to the Moon through our work on Orion, Gateway, and the Space Launch System. 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 Senior Aerospace Textile Engineer to join the team! ** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews.

Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and may be expected to have a related master’s degree and normally possess 10-15 years of related experience.

Nice To Haves

• BS or higher education in Textile Engineering, Fiber Science, Material Science and Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of direct experience in textile manufacturing industry.
• Strong understanding of textiles and the textile manufacturing industry — from fiber and yarn formation to fabric construction, coating, lamination, and finishing.
• Proven experience in textile product development and scale-up from prototype to production.
• Solid knowledge of fiber properties, textile structures (woven, knit, nonwoven), and their associated manufacturing methods.
• Hands-on experience with textile testing and performance evaluation per ASTM, AATCC, ISO, or equivalent standards.
• Ability to analyze test data and translate performance requirements into material design improvements and process adjustments.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong problem-solving, organization, and multitasking skills within a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communicator with the ability to clearly document technical results and present findings to internal and external stakeholders.
• Prior experience on textiles for aerospace, defense, or other high-performance applications is highly desirable; experience with space suit materials is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise on non-metallic and fibrous materials for the selection of soft goods exposed to different atmospheres, high vacuum, and extreme temperatures.
• Provide technical leadership on development of non-metallic material and fibrous materials for various NASA programs, including space suit materials and spacecraft interior hardware.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in textile materials, guiding the design, development, and qualification of advanced soft-goods for next-generation lunar and Martian space suits.
• Provide technical support related to non-metallic and fibrous materials for R&D activities under the SBIR and STTR NASA programs.
• Review NASA reports, requirement documents, proposals, conference papers, and journal articles related to non-metallic and fibrous materials.
• Support NASA Materials and Processes engineers with respect to the evaluation and selection of non-metallic and fibrous materials.
• Perform testing and characterization on non-metallic materials as needed.
• Perform other duties as required.

Benefits

• Professional development support.
• Healthy work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees