Senior Spacecraft Contamination Control Engineer

Columbus Technologies; Greenbelt (MD); On-site; USD 103,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbus Technologies seeks an experienced Spacecraft Contamination Control Engineer to support advanced spaceflight programs at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. You will analyze contamination requirements, budgets, and mitigation strategies across the spacecraft lifecycle, ensuring control plans are effective from design through operations.

The role requires a strong technical background in molecular/particulate contamination and related verification methods, with collaboration

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in spacecraft contamination control or related field.
• Experience determining contamination sensitivities and evaluating contamination requirements.
• Experience with molecular and particulate contamination, outgassing, transport/deposition, cleanroom practices, vacuum systems, and hardware cleaning/inspection methods.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate contamination sensitivities, requirements, controls, budgets, and mitigation strategies for spacecraft, payloads, and hardware.
• Analyze contamination sources, transport, and deposition and assess impacts on spacecraft, payloads, instruments, and docking surfaces.
• Review contamination control plans, analyses, verification approaches, and documentation across design, manufacturing, integration, testing, transportation, and operations.
• Support development and refinement of contamination-related requirements and verification approaches, including assessment of verification methods.

Education

B.S. degree in Engineering or related discipline

M.S. degree in Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Columbus Technologies seeks an experienced Spacecraft Contamination Control Engineer to support advanced spaceflight programs at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. You will analyze contamination requirements, budgets, and mitigation strategies across the spacecraft lifecycle, ensuring control plans are effective from design through operations.

The role requires a strong technical background in molecular/particulate contamination and related verification methods, with collaboration