Description

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This positionrequires on-site support, and candidate must be able to pass a Public Trust background investigation; per contract requirements, U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Residency is required.

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This position will be within the Leidos Performance and Readiness division, which supports the Human Health and Performance Contract (HHPC) at NASA Johnson Space Center. This is your opportunity to join the myriad of teams sustaining a human presence in space while working to return humans to the moon and beyond.

This specific position is supporting the Acoustic Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas as part of the Acoustic Noise Control Laboratory (ANCL). The team is responsible for ensuring safe, healthy and habitable vehicle acoustic environments, in which astronaut crews can live, communicate, and work. This means ensuring that space vehicle environments are not too noisy, do not have irritating audible sounds (except when trying to get the crew's attention), and do not have startling bursts of acoustic energy. To accomplish these goals the ANCL verifies that hardware noise emissions meet requirements and that the acoustic levels on the ISS and other vehicles are monitored and are safe. The successful applicant may support this effort by working with developers to quiet their hardware. In addition, the candidate may support other programs/projects such as ISS, Orion, EVA and Human Surface Mobility Program (EHP) and Gateway.

Primary Responsibilities:

Duties include performing acoustic emissions testing of spaceflight or flight-like hardware.

This may involve:

• Set-up and operation of acoustic instrumentation and acoustic data acquisition systems

• Ensuring the acoustic compatibility of the measurement environment

• Correction of data for acoustic effects such as background noise

• Reports and analysis of the resulting data including the generation of recommendations for quieting the hardware as appropriate.

Other responsibilities may include:

• Reviews of acoustic requirements for various NASA programs such as ISS, Orion, EHP or Gateway

• Calibration of acoustic facilities and hardware

• Hardware design review support

• Noise control engineering

• Research on new acoustic flight materials and equipment fan noise    

Basic Qualifications:

The candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or physics (or equivalent) and five years of experience in acoustics, engineering or closely related technical discipline. Or a master's degree (preferred) in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering or physics (or equivalent) and three years of experience in acoustics, engineering or closely-related technical discipline.

Additionally, a qualified applicant must have excellent oral and written communication skills, including effective communication between external groups as well as report writing. The candidate must be able to handle a variety of work expectations, be a ‘go-getter’, and be able to work independently after initial training as well as collaboratively. Lastly, a successful candidate must have demonstrated leadership abilities and be detail oriented.

Preferred Qualifications

The candidate should possess knowledge of acoustics including basic theory, wave propagation, decibels, levels, reflection, and absorption and have some experience with acoustic measurement equipment that may include condenser microphones, acoustic calibrators, data acquisition systems (e.g., Bruel & Kjaer platforms such as PULSE LabShop, and BK Connect) and data processing (e.g., MATLAB, Excel). Familiarity with industry standards (e.g., NASA-STD-3001) is desired. Candidate should have the ability to effectively interact with NASA customers at all levels.

Original Posting:

February 28, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $85,150.00 - $153,925.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

REQNUMBER: R-00154421

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.