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Job Description:

Provide support to the Gateway Program in the definition of natural and induced space environments
Provide systems engineering support to the Gateway Program in space environments requirements and verification activities, working in concert with NASA civil servants and designated contractors
Evaluate induced environments hazards between elements or vehicles as the Gateway stack expands over a 15-year period
Conduct systems engineering trade studies to identify potential risks and mitigations
Develop and update semi-empirical and theoretical models
Analyze/model molecular contamination and transport of contaminants from materials outgassing, lunar dust, vacuum venting and rocket engine thruster plumes onto Gateway
Analyze optical property impacts from molecular contamination with exposure to the orbital environment (ultraviolet radiation, ionizing radiation, and atomic oxygen)
Analyze/model plasma effects and spacecraft charging
Analyze/model radiation transport and effects on Gateway hardware
Assess compatibility of spacecraft hardware with natural and induced space environments
Perform other duties as required

Required Education/Experience:

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear), Physics or Chemistry.
3 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. M.S. or Ph.D)

Desired Education/Experience:

M.S. or Ph.D. in Engineering
5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g. M.S. or Ph.D)

Required Skills:

Desired Skills:

Knowledge of natural and induced Space Environments (Cislunar – Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO), Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Geostationary Orbit (GEO), and High Earth Orbit (HEO)Knowledge of GCR, solar wind/ plasma, CMEs/SEPs, solar irradiance, micrometeoroid, and cislunar gravity models and definitions
Knowledge of lunar dust characteristics and effects
Experience with developing software to implement analytical models
Experience with materials outgassing, molecular transport, thin film deposition, optical property degradation, molecular gas dynamics, and/or multi-phase flows
Experience with hypergolic and Hall Effect thrusters' operation as well as associated plume characteristics
Experience with plasma charging analyses, ionizing radiation analyses and/or related tools (NASCAP, SPIS, IRI, AE9/AP9, CREME96, SHIELDOSE, ESP/PHYCHIC, etc)
Experience with external contamination/molecular deposition analysis codes and/or tools (e.g, Tecplot, NX, HyperWorks, ParaView, Matlab, LS Dyna, etc.)
Experience with the Gateway Program, other NASA programs, and/or other space projects
Experience with the LINUX operating system

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