Space Life-Support Modeling Engineer

Amentum; Houston (TX); Sur place; USD 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Retirement benefits (including 401(k) 

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Résumé du poste

Amentum is seeking a Chemical Engineer specialized in modeling and simulation to support NASA life-support systems analysis for Orion and future lunar/Mars missions. You will develop and evaluate models of air and water purification and size equipment for long-duration flights, collaborating with the Intuitive Machines team.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree in engineering with 2–5 years of related experience, along with strong writing and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Capable of developing simulation models of air and water purification processes at varying levels of fidelity ranging from detailed, first-principle models to more descriptive lumped-parameter models.
• Excellent technical writing skills and the ability to use data to draw conclusions and support the conclusions when challenged.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent communication skills in a team environment.

Responsabilités

• Support the advanced environmental control and life support systems analysis group and the Portable Life Support System (PLSS) group.
• Simulate and evaluate performance of life support systems for future NASA vehicles and habitats including the Orion spacecraft and vehicles capable of lunar or Mars missions.
• Correlate water and air process simulation models to test results.
• Model physical and chemical processes, and size equipment performing life support functions for long duration space flights.
• Evaluate and refine requirements for life support equipment that will support future missions.
• Perform other tasks assigned.

Connaissances

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

FORTRAN

C

Visual Basic

Aspen

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Outils

Aspen

MATLAB

Simulink

Python

FORTRAN

C

Visual Basic

Description du poste

Amentum is seeking a Chemical Engineer specialized in modeling and simulation to support NASA life-support systems analysis for Orion and future lunar/Mars missions. You will develop and evaluate models of air and water purification and size equipment for long-duration flights, collaborating with the Intuitive Machines team.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree in engineering with 2–5 years of related experience, along with strong writing and communication skills.