JOB ID: 4487

Join the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) and help shape the future of space and defense technology! We are looking for a talented Materials and Process Engineer to be part of our innovative team.
SDL delivers advanced multi-domain solutions to protect national security and enable scientific discovery. Our expertise in satellites, sensors and instruments, ground systems and data processing, and autonomous systems plays a critical role in missions supporting NASA and the Department of Defense. Join our team of engineers, scientists, technicians, and business professionals in our seventh decade of delivering mission success.

Required Qualifications:

• BS in materials science, chemistry, or related laboratory science field
• Experience in proper handling of chemicals
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Securit

Let us know in your application materials if you possess the following qualifications:

• Experience with high vacuum equipment and best practices
• 1-5 years of applicable research or industry experience
• Analytical chemistry laboratory experience
• Ability to maintain stable processing conditions to achieve reproducible and consistent results
• Attention to detail, especially in a laboratory setting
• Data processing experience with common software tools (Excel, Matlab, Labview, etc.)
• Experience operating quantitative chemical analysis instrumentation (GCMS, FTIR, etc)
• Familiarity with the space environment
• Process control, with experience in development and execution of standard operating procedure

• Execute contamination control efforts in compliance with industry standards (ASTM, IEST, NASA, MIL)
• Work closely with Engineers and mission assurance to identify and implement approved M&P for aerospace programs
• Perform special material processes, such as precision cleaning of sensitive parts, chemical etching to promote bond adhesion or reduce surface defects, applying specialty coatings, annealing, and stress relief
• Work with Mechanical Engineering and senior Scientists to develop, validate, and/or update documented SDL material processes
• Develop new materials and process capabilities
• Support program preparation and execution of thermal vacuum and space environment testing
• Process data and generate technical test reports
• Draft program mission assurance documents (contamination control plans, material usage lists, etc.)
• Support assembly of flight hardware

Required Qualifications:

• BS in materials science, chemistry, or related laboratory science field
• Experience in proper handling of chemicals
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Security

Let us know in your application materials if you possess the following qualifications:

• Experience with high vacuum equipment and best practices
• 1-5 years of applicable research or industry experience
• Analytical chemistry laboratory experience
• Ability to maintain stable processing conditions to achieve reproducible and consistent results
• Attention to detail, especially in a laboratory setting
• Data processing experience with common software tools (Excel, Matlab, Labview, etc.)
• Experience operating quantitative chemical analysis instrumentation (GCMS, FTIR, etc)
• Familiarity with the space environment
• Process control, with experience in development and execution of standard operating procedures