Space Environment Engineer

Overview

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We seek creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth.

We are excited about what we do and need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider, we work with NASA at centers across the United States. We have an exciting opportunity for a Space Environment Engineer to join the team with Barrios Technologies, a teammate company.

Building on more than four decades of experience in providing innovative integration solutions for government and commercial space programs, Barrios offers an extensive range of engineering, software, and related technology integration services in support of the aerospace community. As a woman-owned and operated small business, we are a people-focused company that supports professional development, while working to ensure that you maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Barrios employees actively participate in the growth of the commercial spaceflight industry through our partnerships with companies leading commercial space development, as well as successfully supporting NASA as our primary government customer. Our long history supporting Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the International Space Station, and now Commercial LEO, lays the groundwork for future missions to the Moon through our work on Orion, Gateway, and the Space Launch System.

We are excited about what we do and need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States, we have an exciting opportunity for a Space Environment Engineer to join the team with Barrios Technologies, a teammate company.

This is a potential opening; we are actively searching for qualified candidates, but there is no assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. We are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews.

The Space Environment Engineer will:

• Provide support as a space environments engineer for multiple NASA programs including Gateway and Axiom Station
• Provide systems engineering support with space environments requirements and verification activities, working in concert with NASA civil servants and designated contractors
• Evaluate induced environmental hazards between space station elements and visiting vehicles. Conduct systems engineering trade studies in the form of modeling/analysis activities to identify potential contamination risks and mitigations strategies
• Develop and update semi-empirical and theoretical models
• Analyze/model molecular contamination and transport of contaminants from contamination sources (such as materials out gassing, vacuum venting, and chemical thruster plumes) onto external surfaces
• Analyze/model plasma effects and spacecraft charging
• Analyze/model radiation transport and effects to materials
• Assess compatibility of spacecraft hardware with natural and induced space environment
• Perform other duties as required

This position is posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate’s experience, position requirements and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

Required Education/Experience/

Skills:

• 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
• 3 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g., M.S. or Ph.D.)
• Experience with CAD and 3D modeling software (Creo, Solid Works, etc.)
• Experience with meshing and/or finite element analysis software (Femap, NX Advanced…