Parachute Modeling Engineer Job at Amentum (Houston)

Job Responsibility

Develop a state-of-the-art multi-body parachute system model, including parachute deployment, inflation, and full-open flight, for use on the Orion and Commercial Crew programs and future programs
Integrate the multi-body parachute system model into NASA's flight mechanics simulation (Julia) and NASA Trick-based simulations (C++)
Collaborate with parachute analysis subject matter experts to plan and reconstruct parachute drop tests and reconstruct the parachute system performance from spacecraft flights
Assist the GN&C team in performing parachute system analyses, including assessments of the touchdown conditions
Assist the parachute analysis team with executing simulations on our High-Performance Computing (HPC) system
Perform verification and validation for flight mechanics models and simulations
Develop requirements documentation for flight mechanics models and simulations
Provide recommendations for improvements in design and software development processes
Perform other duties as required

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
Experience with 6-DOF and multi-body flight mechanics simulations
Experience with software development (any language)
Experience developing, verifying, and validating parachute simulation models
Experience analyzing spacecraft performance
Experience in product delivery utilizing source code management tools such as Git/GitLab
Excellent communication skills
Able to work in a team environment consisting of NASA civil servants and contractor employees
Strong interpersonal skills to enable successful performance in a collaborative engineering team
Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision
Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various meetings
Experience with Microsoft Office products

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 flight mechanics
Proficiency in Julia, C++, and Linux
Experience with software design