Senior Spacecraft Contamination Controls Engineer

Aegis Aerospace, Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Education assistance

Job summary

Aegis Aerospace, Inc. is hiring a Spacecraft Contamination Control Engineer to support advanced spaceflight programs at Kennedy Space Center.

The role delivers SME guidance on contamination requirements, budgets, and verification across the spacecraft lifecycle, including testing, storage, and operations. The position emphasizes collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and requires senior-level experience; candidate must be a U.S.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years in spacecraft contamination control or related aerospace discipline.
• Experience determining contamination sensitivities and evaluating requirements.
• Experience across design, manufacturing, integration, testing, and inspection.
• U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident and able to pass background checks.
• Strong technical communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate contamination sensitivities, requirements, controls, budgets, and mitigation strategies for spacecraft and hardware.
• Analyze contamination sources, transport, deposition, and potential effects on systems and docking surfaces.
• Review and assess contamination control plans, analyses, verifications, and documentation across lifecycle stages.
• Support development and refinement of contamination-related requirements and verification methods.
• Evaluate risks related to materials, cleaning, storage, and vacuum systems.
• Participate in qualification, acceptance, and testing activities and assess results.
• Investigate contamination issues and perform root-cause analyses with corrective actions.

Skills

Contamination control

Spacecraft systems

Molecular contamination

Particulate contamination

Cleanroom practices

Test & verification

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S. in Engineering

M.S. in Engineering

Tools

Thermal Desktop

MATLAB

Contamination analysis software

Job description

Aegis Aerospace, Inc. is hiring a Spacecraft Contamination Control Engineer to support advanced spaceflight programs at Kennedy Space Center.

The role delivers SME guidance on contamination requirements, budgets, and verification across the spacecraft lifecycle, including testing, storage, and operations. The position emphasizes collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and requires senior-level experience; candidate must be a U.S.