ECLSS - Chemical Process Engineer
Responsibilities and Qualifications
- Contribute to multiple projects involving development of gas treatment and air handling systems in spacecraft life support systems
- Work closely with multiple department teams to accomplish ECLSS manufacturing and assembly goals.
- Take on end-to-end responsibility for component after-market modification, integration and testing to flight qualification
- Hands-on work with after-market modifications to include assembly
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Chemical Engineering with courses in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Mechanics of Machine design
- Minimum of two years experience in chemical process engineering that includes air handling and/or Thermal Oxidizer scrubbers for removal of trace gas chemical contaminants from process air flows
- Four years experience with hands-on plumbing and electrical work in air handling
- Experience with prototype system build-outs to production-level manufacturing for first-of-kind vehicle systems is required
- Experience with custom fabrication of aircraft or other high performance vehicle plumbing and fluid components
- Experience with GC/MS and FTIR lab instrumentation a plus
- Enthusiasm for space systems applications
- Experience with aircraft, race car, performance marine or other high performance vehicle sub-system after market modification, especially in high-pressure air and pure oxygen hardware fabrication and testing
- Familiarity with air scrubbers and air purification systems
- Comfortable working in a laboratory environment
- Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) License a plus
- Good written and oral communication skills
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Company Overview
Bigelow Aerospace was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Our company’s mission is to provide affordable, human-rated space structures for destinations in low Earth orbit, the moon, and beyond to meet the needs of a diverse array of customers.
Since 2006, we have successfully launched and deployed three expandable space structures, to include a human-rated module attached to the International Space Station. Presently, we are working on the research, design, and development of our next generation of human-rated expandable habitats, the B330 spacecraft. We are also currently partnered with NASA to assist with developing commercial and deep space habitation concepts as part of their NextSTEP (Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships) Habitation Systems program.
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