Barrios Technologies is seeking an Environmental Control and Life Support System Water Team – Project/Test Engineer to support NASA's Gateway Mission Design Team within the Artemis Program, focusing on developing and testing technologies for water recovery from spacecraft wastewater.
Requirements
- Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in the space hardware field, such as mechanical and electrical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, material selection, and design software and tools
- Ability to graphically represent test results using data visualization tools such as Excel, Matlab, etc
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
- Versatility of skillsets: willingness to work and learn across a variety of disciplines, including chemical, mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineering and microbiology
- Experience with the design, assembly, verification, testing, and operation of space hardware and/or water treatment systems
- Familiarity with feasibility assessments and trade studies
- Familiarity with testing hardware and working in a laboratory environment
Responsibilities
- Research, develop, and test technologies for water recovery from spacecraft wastewater, including urine and humidity condensate. Typical technologies include physical, chemical, and biological water processing, contaminant filtration, biocide introduction, and water quality monitoring.
- Develop test plans, working with ECLSS Water Team to ensure the test strategy will provide sufficient information on the system performance and capabilities.
- Develop test procedures and schedules, often through collaboration with various organizations across Johnson Space Center (JSC), including tasks associated with flight certification of hardware.
- Design and build test rigs to enable hardware development test objectives.
- Perform testing to assess performance characteristics of development hardware, which often includes chemical, mechanical, and electrical components.
- Gather, compile, analyze, and present test results.
- Communicate test results and development plans both orally and in writing through presentations, papers, and reports.
Other
- Work in a laboratory environment with an interdisciplinary team of skilled and motivated engineers and scientists.
- Work in a team environment and report to the project manager to provide status on progress and issues and for support.
- Develop logistics, manufacturing and procurement plan.
- Work with procurement personnel and vendors to order and secure procurements.
- Maintain a safe working environment by performing hazard analyses and following JSC protocol.
