Job Type
Full-time
Description
The Thermal/Fluid Analysis Subject Matter Expert provides conjugate heat transfer and fluid flow analysis and test support of operational, developmental, and emerging NASA propulsion systems. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Develop Thermal Desktop® heat transfer with fluid flow models of propulsion systems and components operating in terrestrial, space, and lunar surface environments .
- Collaborate with prime contractors to define propulsion system design and component operational environment requirements .
- Review propulsion system analysis and test documentation delivered by program prime contractors for compliance with applicable standards and requirements.
- Attend program milestone reviews to verify compliance with entry/exit/success criteria, document discrepancies, collaborate with prime contractors to develop corrective action.
- Define thermal and/or thermal vacuum environment test requirements, develop test plans, process test data, and document results in test reports.
- Validate computational analysis models using ground and flight test data.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications: - Must be a US Citizen and have a STAR ID.
- A Bachelor of Science in engineering from an ABET accredited university and a minimum of 30 years of professional practice is required. Education may be considered in lieu of experience, making the requirements of a minimum experience of 28 years with a Master's degree and 24 years with a Doctorates degree.
- Must have experience with conjugate heat transfer and fluid mechanics modeling using Thermal Desktop®.
- Must have experience in the development of Fortran language routines to implement customized thermal and fluid environment calculations in Thermal Desktop® models.
- Proficiency using Microsoft 365 applications for technical writing and presentation is required.
Preferred Qualifications: - A master's and/or doctorate degree is preferred.
- Licensure as a Professional Engineer is desirable.
- Reactional Control System design and operation experience is desirable.
- Finite element modeling using Ansys, Patran, or Femap experience is a plus.
- Test and flight data processing and visualization using MS Excel, NASA WinPlot, Matlab, Python, etc. is desired.
- Familiarity with NASA, DoD, and industry standards and specifications is preferred.
