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Job Opportunity: Thermal Analysis Engineer - Orion Passive Thermal Control Systems

Houston, TX, USA | Full Time

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 Thermal Analysis Engineer - Orion Passive Thermal Control Systems to join the team with Nexus, a teammate company.

We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews.

Perform and guide analysis efforts to:

• Simulate and evaluate performance of passive thermal control systems for future NASA vehicles and habitats including the Orion spacecraft and vehicles capable of lunar or Mars missions.
• Develop thermal models of space hardware or test equipment using Thermal Desktop analysis software and first principal models with standard desktop software.
• Correlate thermal models to flight and test results.
• Assisting in day-to-day activities including internal NASA JSC task and work package planning, technical evaluations, hardware development and verification, reviewing and providing input related to products and documentation to partners and programs.
• Work to provide solutions to problems that arise during hardware development and on-orbit operation phases. Assisting in the identification of anomalies and providing engineering recommendations, as required, for resolution of associated issues.
• Participation in various aspects of integration of the Orion vehicle systems and vehicles Orion docks with, including technical reviews, operation plans, review of contractor provided data to close technical requirements, including waivers and exceptions.
• Provide passive thermal control guidance supporting a broad range of inter-disciplinary development, design, test, and verification activities, including Program boards, panels, working groups, problem resolution teams, and other technical forums to ensure hardware performance meets all specified requirements.
• Support testing and inspection activities at vehicle build site
• Inspection activities require experience with PTCS related hardware installs as well as proactive work ethic to work with floor technicians to identify hardware issues which are identified and which are not yet identified or missed
• Proactively work with people across various LM and NASA sites and orgs to resolve test, hardware install and integration issues while briefing Orion senior management on impact to schedule or changes in flight response
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requisition Qualifications: This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area

Proficient with Thermal Desktop/SINDA/AutoCAD.

Experience with programming in FORTRAN.

Experience working with complex, vehicle level models with multiple system interactions.

Excellent technical writing skills and the ability to use data to draw conclusions and support the conclusions when challenged.

Excellent presentation skills.

Demonstrate excellent communication skills in a team environment.

Requisition Preferences:

BS degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited engineering school.

Minimum of 5 years of engineering analysis experience related to passive thermal control systems.

Experience with developing and reviewing thermal simulation models of spacecraft hardware and systems at varying levels of fidelity ranging from detailed, first-principal-models to more descriptive lumped-parameter models.

Experience with thermal requirements definition and validation of space flight hardware.

Knowledge of programming in one or more of the following: Python or MATLAB.