Jacobs · 1 week ago
Space Environments Engineer
United States-Alabama-Huntsville-20320-MSFC
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expJacobs is a company that values diversity and inclusion, focusing on the well-being of its employees. The Space Environments Engineer will support the Space Environments Team at the MSFC Natural Environments Branch by providing expertise and oversight to ensure compliance with space environment program requirements.
ConstructionCyber SecurityIndustrialReal EstateConsultingInformation TechnologyProfessional ServicesCivil EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringInfrastructure
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Coordinate and interface with programs and project teams and personnel in reviews, meetings, technical interchange meetings, technical performance meetings, teleconferences, working groups, and trade studies
Provide space environments expertise to programs and projects, including consultation on space environments specifications and updates
Perform oversight/insight activities to ensure subsystem and spacecraft designs are implementing space environment program requirements
Review delivered products to verify they sufficiently document the environment definition and implementation in design, testing, and analysis
Provide information and deliverables for key systems engineering program/project milestones
Develop, prepare, and deliver technical programmatic briefings, as requested
Coordinate with space environments subject matter experts for technical support, analysis, product reviews, and environments development
Report to program leadership on technical milestones and accomplishments on a regularly approved basis
Evaluate risk implications and communicate risk at the program level
Assist in the book management of the Design Specification for Natural Environments
Qualification
Required
A degree in physics, space science, or a related science or engineering discipline is required
Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a BS with 5-9 years of experience, a master's with 3-7 years of relevant experience, or a Ph.D
Familiarity with the systems engineering life cycle end-to-end development ranging from requirements development, functional design, hardware integration, requirement verification, and flight readiness that ultimately lead to flight hardware certification
Knowledge of the development and documentation of requirements, processes, and/or procedures associated with aerospace flight and ground hardware design, development, production, test, verification, evaluation, integration, and/or operations
Knowledge of natural space environments applicable to human spaceflight missions, such as ionizing radiation, space plasma, lunar surface properties, etc
Experience participating in project lifecycle reviews
Intermediate skills using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams & Outlook) are required
Excellent written and oral technical communication skills, with the ability to clearly define and describe a technical subject to peers across various engineering disciplines
Demonstrated experience developing and delivering project briefings
Experience negotiating and collaborating to resolve complex technical problems and breaking down complex problems or issues into manageable pieces
Self-motivated, proactive, and effective team player with customer relation skills, familiar with working in a dynamic work environment
Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required
Preferred
Knowledge of NASA's Human Landing System, its Elements, Interfaces, and Mission Configurations
Knowledge of the Artemis Program
Experience with the Gateway, Human Landing System, International Space Station, Space Launch System, Orion, or other similar space vehicles and programs is highly desired
Benefits
Professional and leadership development opportunities like Team Lead Academy
Education reimbursement
Mentoring
Company sponsored networking events
Wellness programs
11 paid holidays
Paid time off
Employee perks
Flexible schedules
Possible remote a few days a week
Company
Jacobs
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.1B2023-08-18Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2023-02-16Post Ipo Debt· $500M
1980-09-26IPO
Leadership Team
Bob Pragada
Chair & Chief Executive Officer at Jacobs
Paul Friedman
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