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Parachute Modeling Engineer

Houston, TX, US • Posted 1 hour ago • Updated 1 hour ago

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Skills

Science
Modeling
Analytical Skill
Art
Systems Modeling
Collaboration
Systems Analysis
High Performance Computing
HPC
Verification And Validation
Business Requirements Gathering
Software Development
Management
Git
GitLab
Communication
Supervision
Aerospace
FOCUS
Mechanics
Julia
C++
Linux
Software Design
Law

Summary

About Intuitive Machines:

Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting-edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. Our mission is to further science and exploration, communications, and economic progress from the Earth to the Moon and beyond. With multiple NASA lunar missions in development and additional private missions on our manifest, we pride ourselves in supporting NASA, our customers, and the nation in paving the way to return humans to the surface of the Moon. Our world-class team includes experts in all aspects of spacecraft subsystems design, development, and test, on-orbit operations, and safety.

About the Position:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Parachute Modeling Engineer to join the team at JSC, this position will work on NASA's Development and Analysis Team, which provides software development and analytic support for a variety of NASA and commercial programs, including Orion and the Artemis Program.

Responsibilities:

Develop a state-of-the-art multi-body parachute system model, including parachute deployment, inflation, and full-open flight, for use on the Orion and Commercial Crew programs and future programs.
Integrate the multi-body parachute system model into NASA's flight mechanics simulation (Julia) and NASA Trick-based simulations (C++).
Collaborate with parachute analysis subject matter experts to plan and reconstruct parachute drop tests and reconstruct the parachute system performance from spacecraft flights.
Assist the GN&C team in performing parachute system analyses, including assessments of the touchdown conditions.
Assist the parachute analysis team with executing simulations on our High-Performance Computing (HPC) system.
Perform verification and validation for flight mechanics models and simulations.
Develop requirements documentation for flight mechanics models and simulations.
Provide recommendations for improvements in design and software development processes.
Perform other duties as required.

Preferred Qualifications

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in engineering and a minimum of 4- 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
Experience with 6-DOF and multi-body flight mechanics simulations.
Experience with software development (any language).
Experience developing, verifying, and validating parachute simulation models.
Experience analyzing spacecraft performance.
Experience in product delivery utilizing source code management tools such as Git/GitLab.
Excellent communication skills.
Able to work in a team environment consisting of NASA civil servants and contractor employees.
Strong interpersonal skills to enable successful performance in a collaborative engineering team.
Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision.
Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various meetings.

Requisition Preferences:

A bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET accredited engineering school with five (5) years of related engineering experience, a master's degree from an accredited engineering school and four (4) years of related engineering experience, or a Ph.D. from an accredited engineering school and zero (0) years of related experience.
PhD in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on flight mechanics.
Proficiency in Julia, C++, and Linux.
Experience with software design.

US EEO Statement:

Intuitive Machines is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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