Amentum · 6 days ago
Space Environments Engineer
Huntsville, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expAmentum is a company that values the growth and well-being of its employees, offering various professional development opportunities. The Space Environments Engineer will support the Space Environments Team at the MSFC Natural Environments Branch, providing expertise and coordination for space environments programs and projects.
Mechanical EngineeringSecurityTechnical Support
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Coordinate and interface with programs and project teams and personnel in reviews, meetings, technical interchange meetings, technical performance meetings, teleconferences, working groups, and trade studies
Provide space environments expertise to programs and projects, including consultation on space environments specifications and updates
Perform oversight/insight activities to ensure subsystem and spacecraft designs are implementing space environment program requirements
Review delivered products to verify they sufficiently document the environment definition and implementation in design, testing, and analysis
Provide information and deliverables for key systems engineering program/project milestones
Develop, prepare, and deliver technical programmatic briefings, as requested
Coordinate with space environments subject matter experts for technical support, analysis, product reviews, and environments development
Report to program leadership on technical milestones and accomplishments on a regularly approved basis
Evaluate risk implications and communicate risk at the program level
Assist in the book management of the Design Specification for Natural Environments
Qualification
Required
A degree in physics, space science, or a related science or engineering discipline is required
Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a BS with 5-9 years of experience, a master's with 3-7 years of relevant experience, or a Ph.D
Familiarity with the systems engineering life cycle end-to-end development ranging from requirements development, functional design, hardware integration, requirement verification, and flight readiness that ultimately lead to flight hardware certification
Knowledge of the development and documentation of requirements, processes, and/or procedures associated with aerospace flight and ground hardware design, development, production, test, verification, evaluation, integration, and/or operations
Knowledge of natural space environments applicable to human spaceflight missions, such as ionizing radiation, space plasma, lunar surface properties, etc
Experience participating in project lifecycle reviews
Intermediate skills using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams & Outlook) are required
Excellent written and oral technical communication skills, with the ability to clearly define and describe a technical subject to peers across various engineering disciplines
Demonstrated experience developing and delivering project briefings
Experience negotiating and collaborating to resolve complex technical problems and breaking down complex problems or issues into manageable pieces
Self-motivated, proactive, and effective team player with customer relation skills, familiar with working in a dynamic work environment
Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required
Preferred
Knowledge of NASA's Human Landing System, its Elements, Interfaces, and Mission Configurations
Knowledge of the Artemis Program
Experience with the Gateway, Human Landing System, International Space Station, Space Launch System, Orion, or other similar space vehicles and programs is highly desired
Benefits
Wellness programs
11 paid holidays
Paid time off
Employee perks
Flexible schedules
Possible remote a few days a week
Company
Amentum
Amentum is a technology and engineering company for security, defense, and energy.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$321.16M2025-03-12Post Ipo Secondary· $321.16M
2024-09-27IPO
2020-01-01Private Equity
Leadership Team
Ajay Nagar
Vice President
Darren Burton
Chief People Officer
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