Spacecraft Parachute Lead Engineer

Astrion • Houston, TX

5h • Onsite

About The Position

This is an exciting opportunity for a Spacecraft Parachute Lead Engineer to join NASA's largest engineering solutions provider. The role is full-time and located at NASA Johnson Space Center, requiring a background check and U.S. Citizenship. The position involves working with a passionate and diverse team dedicated to human space exploration and understanding the origins of the universe.

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and 5 years of related experience.
• Familiarity with the details of current spacecraft capsule parachute systems
• Organizing, planning, and/or managing technical activities for the purpose of accomplishing defined objectives within schedule and budget constraints
• Knowledge of adjacent disciplines of aerodynamics, flight dynamics, and loads & dynamics
• Ability to effectively utilize oral and written communication to present technical data, concepts, and recommendations to personnel at all technical and managerial levels
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment consisting of NASA civil servants and various contractor employees.

Nice To Haves

• MS or Ph.D. in Mechanical or Aerospace engineering
• Extensive knowledge of principles, and practices involved in the definition, design, development, integration, test, manufacturing, and operations of parachute recovery systems
• Extensive experience with ground testing of textile components and assemblies
• Expertise in interpretation of ground test and flight data
• Experience with wind tunnel testing
• Experience with extracting aerodynamic data from flight testing

Responsibilities

• Serve as a parachute lead for a spacecraft parachute system, providing oversight of the design, development, test, integration, verification, and validation for Commercial Crew Program (CCP)
• Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of the spacecraft parachute system design trades, tests, operational mission constraints and risks
• Organize and lead inter-disciplinary independent verification and validation (IV&V) activities to ensure that parachute behavior is adequately characterized to support impacted requirements using modeling and flight-testing techniques
• Support requirements verification, IFA investigations, design change evaluations
• Interface with key stakeholders including but not limited to the Commercial Crew Program (CCP) Office, the CCP Integrated Aero science and Flight Mechanics System Manager, NASA JSC Safety and Mission Assurance group, and NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC)
• Maintain a repository of key discussion points and facilitate weekly internal meetings with NASA stakeholders and biweekly discussion with spacecraft stakeholders

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior