Chemical Engineer AST, Aerospace Polymeric Materials (Direct Hire)
Summary
Design and integrate chemical processes for lunar instruments, coordinating testing and calibration to support NASA’s Artemis program and In-Situ Resource Utilization.
As an Integration Chemical Engineer in the Engineering Directorate, you will apply chemical engineering principles to optimize process flows and hardware integration for lunar instrumentation and hardware. You will bridge diverse engineering teams to manage instrument testing, calibration, and delivery. Your technical leadership will advance In-Situ Resource Utilization technology, directly supporting the Artemis program's mission of establishing a sustainable human presence on the Moon.
Applying chemical engineering principles to support the development and integration of analytical instrumentation, evaluating system parameters for volatile material analysis.
Coordinating the integration of requirements, schedules, and technical deliverables across internal engineering teams, external vendors, and commercial mission partners.
Managing technical interfaces between engineering disciplines and host platforms to prevent integration failures and ensure operational readiness during surface missions.
Overseeing the execution to design, develop or optimize scientific instruments or hardware fabrication processes.
Serving as the central technical liaison across customer organizations to coordinate issue resolution, design modifications, and evaluate instrument performance metrics.