Space Life-Support Modeling Engineer for Deep-Space Missions

Mclaurin Aerospace; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health and life insurance

11 holidays

Generous PTO

401k

Education assistance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Mclaurin Aerospace seeks a Chemical Engineer specialized in Modeling & Simulation to join the JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. The role focuses on advancing environmental control and life support systems for future deep-space missions.

You will develop and evaluate simulation models for air and water purification, size life support equipment, and contribute to requirements with strong technical writing and communication within a team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering and 2–5 years of experience in the field or related area.
• Ability to develop simulation models of air and water purification processes at varying levels of fidelity from detailed first-principle models to lumped-parameter models.
• Excellent technical writing skills and the ability to use data to draw conclusions and support conclusions when challenged.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills in a team environment.
• Masters or PhD in Chemical Engineering is preferred.
• Aspen software experience is preferred.
• Experience with dynamic chemical process simulation is preferred.
• Programming knowledge in MATLAB, Simulink, Python, FORTRAN, C, or Visual Basic is preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Teamwork

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Masters or PhD in Chemical Engineering

Tools

Aspen

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

FORTRAN

C

Visual Basic

Job description

Mclaurin Aerospace seeks a Chemical Engineer specialized in Modeling & Simulation to join the JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. The role focuses on advancing environmental control and life support systems for future deep-space missions.

You will develop and evaluate simulation models for air and water purification, size life support equipment, and contribute to requirements with strong technical writing and communication within a team.