Advanced Mission Design Engineer

1 week ago


Houston, United States MbSolutions Inc Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA's pursuits in deep space exploration. Jacobs is NASA's largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Mission Design Engineer to join the team with JETS II Teammate Company, MB Solutions, inc.

This new position is on the JETS Advanced Mission Design Team providing mission analysis and design across the Orion and commercial crew programs. The selected applicant will:

  • Provide trajectory products supporting spacecraft mission design & analysis for advanced Orion crewed missions such as Artemis I-III and related missions
  • Perform trajectory optimization runs to characterize vehicle performance and mission availability for a variety of scenarios
  • Develop, integrate, and test new algorithms for evaluation of vehicle and mission performance
  • Provide software development and scripting of NASA's Copernicus trajectory optimization tool and related applications
  • Integrate Copernicus with other trajectory software and tools
  • Develop requirements documentation for mission design products
  • Provide recommendations for improvements in design and software development processes
  • Perform other duties as required
Qualifications

Requisition Qualifications:

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

  • ​Requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2 - 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area
  • Experience with orbital mechanics and designing spacecraft trajectories
  • Experience with development of spacecraft mission design algorithms and analyzing spacecraft performance
  • Experience developing, verifying, and validating simulation models
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience working in a team environment consisting of NASA civil servants and contractors
  • Strong interpersonal skills to enable successful performance in a collaborative environment
  • Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision
  • Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at meetings.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office products​

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 trajectory design, optimization, and orbital mechanics
  • Experience with 3-DOF spacecraft simulations
  • Proficiency in Fortran, Python, and Linux
  • Experience with product delivery and management
  • Experience with source code management tools such as Git/GitLab​


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