Spacecraft Parachute Lead Engineer

Amentum•Houston, TX

10d•Onsite

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 Parachute Lead Engineer to join the team.

Requirements

MS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and fifteen (15) years of direct engineering experience, or a Ph.D and ten (10) years of direct engineering 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.
Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency may be a requirement for this position.
Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.

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 the 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 Aeroscience 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
Perform other duties as required.