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Space Suit Design Engineer

1 month ago


Houston, Texas, United States KBR Full time

Title:

Space Suit Design Engineer

KBR maintains a highly qualified workforce to help care for service people and astronauts. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness, and collaboration. That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services.

The Space Suit Design Engineer will be part of the team that supports the Space Suit Division at KBR on the xEVAS contract. The candidate will work on a collaborative team developing, building and maintaining Space Suits and supporting equipment for low Earth orbit and beyond.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Design, develop, test, handle implementation, and analysis of technical products and systems using applied engineering principles, including solid and fluid mechanics, and heat transfer.
  • Perform engineering design evaluations.
  • Perform dimensional tolerance analysis and functional analyses.
  • Procure, assemble, and test advanced prototypes to inform design decisions, refinements, and to demonstrate performance.
  • Prepare and present designs at various design reviews using MS Word and PowerPoint.
  • Produce other required design documentation.
  • Assist in the development of requirements for hardware.
  • Ensure designs satisfy requirements and demonstrate performance in a thorough verification and validation program.
  • Perform trade studies for technology development.
  • Analyze data and make recommendations for improvement.
  • Understand nominal and off-nominal operations for a technical system and its interaction(s) with other systems.
  • Manage multiple issues at one time and develop an integrated solution.
  • Work with fabrication and manufacturing departments to ensure final design is properly executed in the creation of mechanical products.

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Candidates must meet the requirements listed below to be considered for this position; please note required items on your resume.

  • This position requires U.S. Citizenship due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
  • Education: Must have a bachelor's degree in the field of mechanical or aerospace engineering, or a related field.
  • Years of Experience: We are seeking individuals that span multiple career levels with recent and related work experience of 2 to 10 years of experience.
  • This position requires you to work onsite in Houston, Texas near the Johnson Space Center
  • Candidate must possess excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, leadership, and team working skills.
  • Demonstrated skill in using computer-aided design (CAD software in design work.
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate well with peers and cross-functional teams and external customers.

PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

  • Hands-on familiarity with production grade manufacturing equipment.
  • Experience using established engineering principles in the design and development of life critical components for use in extreme environments.
  • Experience with qualification and acceptance testing.

**This position requires successful completion of a KBR & government background check before commencement of employment.

**Successful candidates must also be able to apply for and successfully receive and maintain security clearance per eligibility requirements.

WORK LOCATION

This position will be located onsite, in the office, the office location is in Webster, Texas near the Johnson Space Center.

STANDARD KBR REQUIREMENTS:

All of KBR's employee's must be team players, able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers, able to follow safety and quality policies, able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives. In addition, they must also be organized, with good time management skills.

KBR BENEFITS

KBR offers a wide range of benefits for their employees; we offer medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability benefits, retirement 401k, travel benefits, PTO, holidays, flexible work schedules, parental leave, military leave, education assistance, and the list goes on and on We also support career advancement through professional training and development.

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AT KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of teams philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.