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Space Environment Engineer (ADV000AK1)

**Category:** Business Consulting, Strategy and Digital Transformation

**Main location:** United States, Texas, Houston

**Position ID:** J0525-0523

**Employment Type:** Full Time

Position 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. As NASA’s largest engineering

solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Space Environment Engineer to join the team with HX5, a teammate company

Your future duties and responsibilities:

The Space Environment Engineer will:

- Provide support as a space environments engineer for multiple NASA programs including Gateway and Axiom Station.

- Provide systems engineering support with space environments requirements and verification activities, working in concert

with NASA civil servants and designated contractors

- Evaluate induced environmental hazards between space station elements and visiting vehicles

- Conduct systems engineering trade studies in the form of modeling/analysis activities to identify potential contamination

risks and mitigations strategies

- Develop and update semi-empirical and theoretical models

- Analyze/model molecular contamination and transport of contaminants from contamination sources (such as materials

outgassing, vacuum venting, and chemical thruster plumes) onto external surfaces

- Analyze/model plasma effects and spacecraft charging

- Analyze/model radiation transport and effects to materials

- Assess compatibility of spacecraft hardware with natural and induced space environment

- Perform other duties as required

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

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.

- Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2-5 years of experience in the field or in a

related area.

- 3 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g.,

- Experience with CAD and 3D modeling software (Creo, SolidWorks, etc.)

- Experience with meshing and/or finite element analysis software (Femap, NX Advanced Simulation, Ansys, Thermal

Desktop, HyperWorks, etc.)

- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite

- Experience in Computer Programing

- Strong analytical and computational skills (CFD and thermal analysis skills/experience are transferable)

- Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary field

- Effective written and verbal communication skills

Requisition Preferences:

- Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear), Physics or

Chemistry

- M.S. or Ph.D. in Engineering

- 5 or more years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience (e.g.,

- GPA 3.0 or higher

- Experience with coding in Fortran, Python, C++, or MATLAB

- Experience with hydrocode (LS Dyna)

- Experience with Linux operating system and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters

- 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

- 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, SPENVIS, MCNP, etc.)

- Experience with external contamination/molecular deposition analysis codes and/or tools (e.g., Tecplot, NX, Hyper

Works, Para View, MATLAB, LS Dyna, etc.)

- Experience with the Gateway Program, other NASA programs, and/or other space projects

- Experience with the LINUX operating system

Skills:

+ English

What you can expect from us:

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Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business.

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