NASA Moon Space Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineer

Job Category:
Engineering

Time Type:
Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
None

Employee Type:
Regular

Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Type of Travel:
Continental US

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CACI is looking for Space Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Engineers to work with NASA's human-rated spacecraft systems in support of our Nation's space exploration initiative at NASA / Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Candidates should have great interest in spacecraft vehicles and systems, enjoy working with software, and most of all, possess a great passion to contribute to our Nation's exploration of space.

This work involves math model and simulation development, simulation integration, and distributed simulation development on Linux PC platforms using the Trick© Simulation Environment and Development Toolkit. Individual will develop math models and simulations in support of the Moon Base program for NASA space vehicles for lunar surface exploration. The ideal candidate has spacecraft domain experience in one or more of the following areas: avionics command and data handling, communications, terramechanics, electrical power, environmental control and life support, fluids and thermal, orbital dynamics, robotic dynamics, orbital dynamics, Guidance, Navigation, and Controls.

The engineer in this role will identify and implement improvements to math models and simulation scenarios, analyze simulation data to evaluate system characteristics and performance, and support continual enhancements to the simulation architecture.

The engineer will support model validation and software verification for multiple spacecraft, systems, and subsystems.

This position requires a self-motivated, capable person with strong verbal and written communication skills. In addition to outstanding technical expertise, the individual must be very people savvy with strong customer relationship skills, possess a positive team-player attitude, and be flexible and willing to take on new assignments and responsibilities as they arise. Finally, the most qualified candidate will be an articulate speaker able to communicate complex technical ideas in a convincing manner, must share our passion for our Nation's Space Program, and share in the excitement of developing the next human-rated space vehicles.

• Develop space vehicle system and subsystem simulation math model requirements, verify model requirements, and validate the simulation and models.
• Design and develop math models for spacecraft systems and subsystems including hardware and software.
• Distributed simulation development.
• Develop simulation scenarios to test nominal and off-nominal spacecraft operations.
• Perform analysis on simulation data to investigate spacecraft system performance.
• Present analysis results and their impact on spacecraft performance, vehicle design and mission design to customers.

Required:

• U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident for access to USG Facilities.
• B.S. in Aerospace or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related disciplines with experience in software development, including project design, programming, testing, verification, validation, and documentation.
• 2+ years of experience working with aerospace vehicle simulations and math model development. Greater experience is highly valued.
• 2+ years of experience with one or more spacecraft domains including avionics command and data handling, communications, terramechanics, electrical power, environmental control and life support, fluids and thermal, orbital dynamics, robotic dynamics, Guidance, Navigation, and Controls, and mechanical, dynamics and control. Greater experience is highly valued.
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