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Lunar Rover Thermal Engineer

Jacobs, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246

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Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you! We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. We have an exciting opportunity for

Lunar Rover Thermal Engineer

to join the team with Aerodyne Industries, a teammate company. ** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. ** We seek a skilled engineer to perform lunar surface thermal modeling and to develop best practices and guidelines for rover thermal development. This role includes integrated modeling, system reviews, hardware evaluation, and support leadership. Key responsibilities include the following: Distill best practices and draft guidelines for rover thermal development.

Develop and analyze integrated thermal models for lunar surface applications.

Participate in and support thermal model and document reviews.

Evaluate passive thermal hardware solutions.

Assist with requirement definition and verification to support development milestones.

Conduct trade studies for thermal system approaches.

Lead and support thermal testing efforts.

Perform model correlation and validation using test data.

Demonstrate strong leadership and communication with cross-functional management and engineering teams.

Serve as deputy PTCS sub-system manager for EVA and Human Surface Mobility Program (EHP) projects.​