Senior Materials & Processes Engineer (Aerospace)

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

Company

hirify.global provides engineering solutions and mission-critical technical support for NASA centers and deep-space exploration programs across the United States.

What you will do

• Advise on materials and processes requirements for intravehicular and extravehicular human spaceflight environments.
• Support materials selection, process qualification, corrosion prevention, electrical bonding, flammability, toxic off-gassing, adhesive bonding, and contamination control.
• Review hardware designs, engineering drawings, specifications, analyses, hazard reviews, and requirements verification for spaceflight systems.
• Develop verification and validation plans and incorporate materials requirements into program and project specifications.
• Assess vendor processes and recommend qualification and acceptance testing to satisfy technical requirements.
• Support manufacturing, inspection, anomaly resolution, re-flight assessments, flight acceptance testing, and technical presentations to program boards.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and successful completion of a background check are required.
• At least two years of related Materials and Processes engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, including Metallurgy, Materials Science, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Systems Engineering.
• Knowledge of metallic and nonmetallic materials, specifications, properties, and testing for space applications.
• Experience or knowledge in engineering drawing review, failure analysis, heat treatment, electrical bonding, corrosion prevention, and contamination control.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, prioritization, and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Engineering.
• Experience with NASA or aerospace materials selection, oxygen compatibility, flammability prevention, process qualification, development, testing, and evaluation.
• Experience coordinating or directing a technical team.
• Experience with human spaceflight systems engineering and integration practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering environment.
• Support human space exploration and mission-critical NASA programs.
• Coordinate across engineering disciplines, program teams, and vendors.
• Position is performed onsite at NASA Johnson Space Center.