Mid Career Spaceflight Hardware Propulsion Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, United States; full-time onsite

Company

hirify.global provides engineering solutions for NASA programs and supports space exploration systems at centers across the United States.

What you will do

• Apply fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, materials, structures, and machine-design principles to propulsion and spacecraft pressure systems.
• Perform or lead propulsion and pressure-system analyses, develop and validate fluid-flow, thermal, thermodynamic, and pressure models, and maintain analysis tools.
• Support propulsion hardware development from concept through fabrication, assembly, testing, integration, certification, and operation.
• Plan, coordinate, witness, and evaluate component- and system-level tests, acceptance data, qualification reports, and verification evidence.
• Investigate anomalies, nonconformances, and unexpected system behavior; develop recommendations for issue disposition and risk mitigation.
• Coordinate technical activities with NASA offices, spacecraft organizations, suppliers, contractors, and international partners, including mission simulations and flight support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and typically 5–10 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, with working knowledge of heat transfer, engineering materials, mechanical systems, structures, or machine design.
• Experience analyzing propulsion, pressure, fluid, or thermal systems and supporting hardware development, testing, integration, certification, or operation.
• Ability to evaluate requirements, technical drawings, analyses, test plans, test results, verification evidence, risks, and technical issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple technical activities and work across multidisciplinary teams.
• U.S. citizenship and successful completion of a background check are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with spacecraft propulsion, aerospace pressure systems, human-rated spacecraft, or other safety-critical flight systems.
• Experience with valves, regulators, tanks, filters, sensors, pressure vessels, tubing, and related mechanical hardware.
• Proficiency with Python, MATLAB, Thermal Desktop, CAD software, Creo, or comparable tools.
• Experience with propulsion console operations, mission simulations, vehicle checkouts, flight support, supplier oversight, or technical mentoring.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside NASA program and project offices, spacecraft organizations, suppliers, contractors, and international partners.
• Work across laboratory, supplier, integration, mission-operations, and office environments.
• Travel to supplier, test, integration, launch, or program locations when required by the assignment.
• The position may involve transition among branch assignments as organizational needs change.