Senior ECLSS Engineer/ Team Lead

Senior ECLSS Engineer / Team Lead

As Paragon Space Development celebrates 30+ years of providing award-winning life support and thermal control solutions for extreme environments, we've recognized that it is our employees that keep our business thriving.

By any measure, Paragon is an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our goal is to hire the best and allow you to do the work that you enjoy!

Job Description : Senior Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) Engineer and Team Lead with Spacecraft ECLSS experience.

Paragon is looking for an experienced ECLSS engineer to help develop new ECLSS hardware and systems for current and future, commercial and government, customers.

It's an exciting opportunity to influence the design right at the very inception of a new spacecraft or research idea and then follow it through design, test, build and flight.

The successful candidate will report to the ECLSS Engineering Department and be responsible for the design, development, and test of environmental control, life support, or thermal control components and systems for future LEO-based spacecraft or habitats in a hands-on environment.

Additionally, this candidate must provide or facilitate (with other experts) accurate modeling of their subsystem and related environments, oversee the design and manufacture of hardware, conduct test planning to verify performance, and develop the systems through flight qualification.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills :

• Deep knowledge of spacecraft ECLSS architecture, with particular strength in one or more of the following : Air Revitalization, Cabin Ventilation, Pressure Control, Water Recycling and Purification.
• Knowledge and experience with spacecraft, spacesuits, aircraft, military, or habitat environmental control and life support systems, subsystems, assemblies, and / or components.
• Knowledge and experience with the engineering product lifecycle, ranging from requirements development through design, manufacture, test, and operations.
• Knowledge and skills in applying engineering principles and procedures to develop practical and tailored engineering solutions.
• Systems Engineering and / or CAD design experience.
• Skill in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project)
• Ability to establish and maintain effective, positive work relationships; have creativity, flexibility and resourcefulness;

have discriminating judgment, tact and sense of humor

Ideally, but not required, skills in project budgeting and forecasting.

U.S. Citizenship status is required for this position.

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Systems, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent field and 10+ years with system and / or hardware design and analysis experience
• Master's degree in Mechanical, Systems, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent field and 8+ years with system and / or hardware design and analysis experience

Employment is contingent on other factors, including, but not limited to, background checks and drug screens.

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