Space Environment Engineer-Gateway Program

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Job Description:

• Provide support to the Gateway Program in the definition of natural and induced space environments
• Provide systems engineering support to the Gateway Program in space environments requirements and verification activities, working in concert with NASA civil servants and designated contractors
• Evaluate induced environments hazards between elements or vehicles as the Gateway stack expands over a 15-year period
• Conduct systems engineering trade studies to identify potential risks and mitigations
• Develop and update semi-empirical and theoretical models
• Analyze/model molecular contamination and transport of contaminants from materials outgassing, lunar dust, vacuum venting and rocket engine thruster plumes onto Gateway
• Analyze optical property impacts from molecular contamination with exposure to the orbital environment (ultraviolet radiation, ionizing radiation, and atomic oxygen)
• Analyze/model plasma effects and spacecraft charging
• Analyze/model radiation transport and effects on Gateway hardware
• Assess compatibility of spacecraft hardware with natural and induced space environments
• Perform other duties as required 

Required Education/Experience: 

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear), Physics or Chemistry.
• 3 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. M.S. or Ph.D)

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Engineering
• 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. M.S. or Ph.D)

Required Skills: 

• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience in Computer Programing
• Strong analytical and computational skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary field
• Effective written and verbal communication skills 

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of natural and induced Space Environments (Cislunar – Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO), Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Geostationary Orbit (GEO), and High Earth Orbit (HEO)Knowledge of GCR, solar wind/ plasma, CMEs/SEPs, solar irradiance, micrometeoroid, and cislunar gravity models and definitions
• Knowledge of lunar dust characteristics and effects
• Experience with developing software to implement analytical models
• Experience with materials outgassing, molecular transport, thin film deposition, optical property degradation, molecular gas dynamics, and/or multi-phase flows
• Experience with hypergolic and Hall Effect thrusters' operation as well as associated plume characteristics
• Experience with plasma charging analyses, ionizing radiation analyses and/or related tools (NASCAP, SPIS, IRI, AE9/AP9, CREME96, SHIELDOSE, ESP/PHYCHIC, etc)
• Experience with external contamination/molecular deposition analysis codes and/or tools (e.g, Tecplot, NX, HyperWorks, ParaView, Matlab, LS Dyna, etc.)
• Experience with the Gateway Program, other NASA programs, and/or other space projects
• Experience with the LINUX operating system