Spacecraft Breakup and Demise Engineer

Amentum•Houston, TX

23h

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 Spacecraft Breakup and Demise Engineer to join the JETSII Contract! This new position is a unique position to perform analysis on spacecraft breakup and demise upon reentry. The Spacecraft Breakup and Demise Engineer will: Perform high-fidelity, progressive spacecraft breakup and demise analysis to develop debris footprints and identify debris items that survive reentry Develop state-of-the-art software to model progressive spacecraft breakup, including models of spacecraft structural and thermal failure modes and changing vehicle mass and aerodynamic properties as breakup progresses Collaborate with agency program and commercial partners to ensure that new spacecraft designs properly account for demise and that currently operational spacecraft are disposed of safely Perform other duties as required

Requirements

Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and may be expected to have a related master's or higher degree and normally possess 15+ years of related experience.
Experience with spacecraft breakup and demise analysis
Experience with 6-DOF and multi-body flight mechanics simulations
Experience with programming in FORTRAN
Excellent communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills to enable successful performance in a collaborative environment
Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision
Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at meetings
Experience with Microsoft Office products

Nice To Haves

PhD in Aerospace Engineering and twenty (20) years of related experience
Proficiency in software development using programming languages such as FORTRAN, Python, C++, MATLAB, or Julia
Experience with product delivery and management
Experience with source code management tools such as Git/GitLab and continuous integration systems such as Gitlab

Responsibilities

Perform high-fidelity, progressive spacecraft breakup and demise analysis to develop debris footprints and identify debris items that survive reentry
Develop state-of-the-art software to model progressive spacecraft breakup, including models of spacecraft structural and thermal failure modes and changing vehicle mass and aerodynamic properties as breakup progresses
Collaborate with agency program and commercial partners to ensure that new spacecraft designs properly account for demise and that currently operational spacecraft are disposed of safely
Perform other duties as required