Aerospace Engineer

Key Role

Join the Booz Allen Space Environments Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Team. Support the space client by tackling the challenges of lunar dust contamination of spacecraft and other assets by modeling the complex interactions between dust particles, the space environment, and spacecraft. Develop and use advanced computational modeling tools and techniques. Join the team as they develop a comprehensive modeling and analysis framework for the client’s Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program (EHP) to characterize the risks that lunar dust poses to the success of a permanent human presence on the moon.

Be responsible for developing new M&S capabilities, modeling systems and environments of interest, and simulating physical phenomena such as plasma interactions with spacecraft and dust.

Job Number: R0231164

• 6+ years of experience with M&S of physical phenomena or systems
• Experience with rarefied gas dynamics, direct simulation Monte Carlo, space environments effects such as radiation transport, materials out gassing and contamination, and spacecraft charging
• Experience with data processing and statistical techniques
• Experience with CAD and 3D modeling software such as Solid Works and NX, meshing or finite element analysis software such as Ansys, Thermal, and Desktop, and CFD tools such as STAR-CCM+, Loci-Chem, and Fun3D
• Experience developing software to implement analytical and computational models
• Experience with programming in Fortran, Python, or C++
• Experience working with Linux environments and writing technical documentation
• Ability to work in both a team and independently, and take ownership of assigned tasks
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Master’s degree in a Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, CS, or Applied Mathematics field

• Experience with modeling chemically reacting flows
• Experience applying machine learning (ML) to solving engineering problems and using modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch and Tensor Flow
• Experience modeling Hall-effect thrusters or other electric propulsion systems
• Experience producing original research
• Experience working with U.S. Government clients
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Secret clearance
• Doctorate degree in Engineering or a related field

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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