Aerospace Engineer

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The Jacobs Space Exploration Group (JSEG) a primary contractor for NASA since 1989 is comprised of 9 companies and is located at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL (ranked #1 in Best Places to Live by U.S. News).

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The Aerospace Engineer helps support the development, integration, and testing of flight mechanics simulations for NASA’s SLS/ARTEMIS program, NASA’s HLS program, and other smaller NASA projects. This position will require a well-rounded background of flight dynamics modelling skills, experience with computer programming, and the desire to perform high fidelity analyses to help optimize and integrate inputs for the flight dynamics of the Artemis mission.

Position Description

The Jacobs Space Exploration Group (JSEG) Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) team is a high performing group executing challenging tasks to design and integrate GN&C systems for NASA projects ranging from NASA’s Space Launch System(SLS) to NASA’s Human Lander System. We are searching for highly qualified candidates to support NASA’s Flight Dynamics Team in the Guidance, Navigation, & Mission Analysis branch at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. This exciting work will serve as a critical step in sending humans back to the Moon, Mars and beyond!

Job Functions:

• Analysis of launch vehicle and spacecraft, dynamics, equations of motion, and trajectories to assess performance of spacecraft ascent trajectories, mission analysis, and related studies
  
• Modeling ascent and in-space environments, errors, disturbances, GN&C algorithms, sensors, actuators, and mechanisms
  
• Simulate and analyze nominal, contingency, and failure scenarios during ascent and in-space flight
  
• Develop algorithms and tools to analyze 6 DOF trajectories using Monte Carlo techniques
  
• Perform Guidance studies and insight analysis for NASA’s HLS program
  
• Execute/modify existing software/scripts in C, Python, C
  
• Help develop and improve NASA’s MAVERIC simulation

Duties

Day to day activities include:

• Dynamic modeling of 6 DOF single body systems
  
• Flight mechanics analysis
  
• Guidance insight analysis
  
• Creating, editing and debugging software written in C, Python, Matlab, Fortran, and C .
  
• Optimization and improvement of analysis tools and GN&C models.
  
• Working with GN&C leads and other engineering disciplines.
  
• Supporting the verification and validation of technical products.
  
• Creation and review of engineering and software documentation.
  
• Preparing and Presenting technical reports and briefings.

Here’s what you’ll need:

A degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or related field is required. A degree from an ABET accredited institution preferred. Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a minimum of a Masters with at least 3 years of experience, or BS with at least 5 years of experience.

To be successful in this position, the applicant must be detail oriented, work independently and collaboratively, possess strong communication and interpersonal skills, and will typically possess some of the following skills:

• Dynamically model 6 DOF single body systems
  
• Matlab, Fortran, C programming experience
  
• Familiarity with Linux, Bash, and the use of computational clusters/servers
• Familiarity with convex optimization

The candidate is REQUIRED to have the following skills and experiences:

• Treetops programming experience
  
• Python programming experience
  
• Software & simulation integration OR Modeling & simulation experience

The Jacobs Space Exploration Group (JSEG) offers a partnership in which you can grow personally and professionally within a framework of strong leadership, competitive compensation, and rewarding career paths. Come join our team on the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract whose work is destined to have a long-range effect on future generations!

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Office environment. Requires ability to provide clear, concise, accurate and timely communication, both verbally and in writing (100%). Requires ability to interact professionally with co-workers, management, and client (100%). Requires travel in the domestic USA (10%). Requires ability to work at a computer for long periods of time(100%).

Physical Requirements:

Requires sitting for extended periods of time in meetings with peers, management, and with our client at NASA facilities to discuss technical issues (10%). Also, requires sitting for extended periods of time at a desk to write reports and perform engineering tasks (80%). Requires ability to use stairs or elevators for access between floors and multiple buildings at NASA and Jacobs facilities (10%).

Requires ability to operate a personal computer, a telephone, fax machine, copier, calculator, and other general office equipment (100%).

Attendance:

Normal workday is from 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Minimal overtime may be required (10%) to meet schedule milestones and to support technical demands of the job. Regular attendance is a necessity and adequate arrangements for delegating duties during absences are required.