Space Environments Engineer

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JBS Solutions, Inc. is an engineering and technical logistics company in Huntsville, AL. As a company dedicated to serving the community, JBS offers the unique opportunity to enrich an underutilized area of Huntsville while growing your career through NASA and DoD contracts. From systems engineering and configuration management to technical logistics and mission operations, JBS works to solve our customers' hardest problems. With a competitive benefits package and personable work environment, JBS Solutions is the ideal company to take your career to the next level.

JBS is excited to announce a new position. We are seeking a Space Environments Engineer to be a part of our team!

JBS Solutions 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 and be a part of an exciting and rewarding organization!

Description:

This position will assist the Space Environments Team at the MSFC Natural Environments Branch through providing systems engineering and data analysis support to the space environments program leads. Specific support to be provided includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Coordinate and interface with programs and project teams and personnel in reviews, meetings, TIMs, 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.
Conduct space radiation assessments, as needed.

Qualifications:

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 at least 5 years of experience, a master’s with at least 3 years of relevant experience, or a Ph.D. Experience and interest in space environments, systems engineering, and data analysis using Python, C/C++, or a similar language is highly desired.

The candidate is required to have:

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 space environments applicable to human spaceflight missions.
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.

Desired qualifications and experience (presence of one or more of these qualifications will be used as a selection factor):

Experience with analyzing space radiation datasets (e.g., AE9, AP9)
Knowledge of the Artemis Program.
Experience with the Gateway, Human Lander System, International Space Station, Space Launch System, Orion, or other similar space vehicles and programs is highly desired.

Selected candidate must be a US citizen. Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required. JBS participates in E-Verify.

JBS Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status or other categories protected by law.

This position is located in Huntsville, AL (ranked #11 in Best Places to Live by U.S. News).

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