Senior Materials and Processes Engineer (BT-26147)

Bastion Technologies•Houston, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Materials and Processes Engineer will support the space program located in Houston, TX. This role involves advising, guiding, and providing consultation on requirements for Materials & Processes (M&P) for intravehicular (IVA) and extravehicular (EVA) environments. Responsibilities include materials selection, process control and qualification, design for corrosion prevention, electrical bonding, flammability, toxic off gassing, and processes specification. The engineer will also assist in reviewing and developing hardware, analysis, operations, hazard reviews, anomaly resolution, requirements verification, re-flight assessments, and flight acceptance testing. Additionally, the role requires formulating and presenting to program boards, implementing M&P system requirements into hardware design, developing verification and validation plans, and ensuring appropriate materials requirements are incorporated into program/project specifications. The engineer will review project/program documentation, specifications, and engineering drawings to ensure M&P requirements are met for spaceflight hardware, assess vendor processes, and provide recommendations for qualification and acceptance testing. Support for inspection and manufacturing processes for human space flight systems is also a key part of this role.

Requirements

US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
Bachelor's degree in the field of engineering (metallurgy, materials science, aerospace, mechanical, electrical, chemical, systems).
Minimum of 10 years of recent and related work experience.
Knowledge and work experience in materials and processes for space applications, including materials selection (metallics and nonmetallics), design for corrosion prevention and electrical bonding, failure analysis, heat treatment, adhesive bonding, contamination control, etc.
Familiar with metallic and nonmetallic materials specifications, properties, testing.
Knowledge in engineering drawing review for materials and processes.
Overall background on M&P working knowledge for different systems: propulsion, crew compartments, environmental life support systems, thermal, and electronic systems.
Ability to critically assess manufacturing/material processes and designs.
Ability to assess and prioritize tasks and identify potential technical risks.
Ability to work collaboratively and independently in a multidisciplinary field.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS.
Team players with strong work ethics and must be culture oriented.
Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in written form, with internal and external customers.
Able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives.
Must be organized with good time management skills and must be able to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements.

Nice To Haves

M.S. or Ph.D. in engineering.
10 or more years of related Materials and Processes work experience for spacecraft.
Previous experience in material selection (metallics and nonmetallics) for electrical components, corrosion prevention, flammability prevention, oxygen compatibility, processes qualification, contamination control, development, test, and evaluation for NASA and/or aerospace projects.
Previous experience in directing, guiding, and coordinating a technical team is highly desirable.
Previous experience with human space flight system engineering and integration practices.
Willingness to learn and coordinate across other disciplines is highly desired.

Responsibilities

Advise, guide, and provide consultation on requirements for Materials & Processes (M&P) for intravehicular (IVA) and extravehicular (EVA) environments, including materials selection, process control and qualification, design for corrosion prevention, electrical bonding, flammability, toxic off gassing, and processes specification.
Assist in review and development of hardware, analysis, operation, hazard reviews, anomaly resolution, requirements verification, re-flight assessments, and flight acceptance testing.
Formulate presentations and present to program boards as appropriate.
Implement M&P system requirements into hardware design and develop verification and validation plans and statements.
Provide input to program/project specifications and ensure appropriate materials requirements are incorporated into all program/project specifications at the right level.
Review project/program documentation, specifications, and engineering drawings to ensure M&P requirements are met for spaceflight hardware.
Assess whether standard vendor processes meet requirements, and if not, clearly define changes that need to be implemented.
Provide vendors with recommendations for qualification and acceptance testing that will properly satisfy verification of requirements.
Provide inspection and manufacturing process support for human space flight system.
Other duties as assigned.