KBR

spaceflight

ContaminationControlEngineer

$0–0k Laurel, Maryland, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Contamination Control Engineer at KBR. Skills: Contamination Control Engineering, Precision Cleaning, spaceflight hardware. perform the Precision Cleaning of spaceflight hardware, ensuring it meets contamination requirements to enable mission success. planning, inspection, cleaning, and testing hardware for spaceflight endeavors”

What You'll Achieve.

ensuring it meets contamination requirements to enable mission success; meet mission goals

Industry & Context.

spaceflight
Eligibility Requirements

cleanroom environment, occasional overtime or extended shift work, occasional travel, On Site Core Hours 9am-3pm, Ability to lift 40lbs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Physics, Materials Engineering, or a related science/engineering field, at least 2 years of experience in Contamination Engineering, including working in a cleanroom environment, experience performing precision cleaning, inspection, and verification processes on spaceflight hardware, experience precision cleaning hardware with solvents and surfactants on spacecraft materials including metals, composites and polymers with varying surface finishes, ability to work occasional overtime or extended shift work, as well as occasional travel

Nice to Have

Master 's degree in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Physics, Materials Engineering, or a related science/engineering field, experience with vacuum testing procedures such as MSFC-SPEC-1238, ASTM 595 and ASTM 1559, experience in particulate and molecular sampling for analysis in accordance with industry standards such as IEST-STDCC1246E, familiar with ISO-14644 cleanroom certifications standards, at least 5 years of experience in Contamination Engineering, including experience with space flight hardware, expertise in performing contamination transport analysis and modelling

What You'll Do.

perform the Precision Cleaning of spaceflight hardware

ensuring it meets contamination requirements to enable mission success

and testing hardware for spaceflight endeavors

Physical hands-on cleaning

aqueous degreasing and solvent flushing

Conducting outgassing and material analysis

Verifying cleanliness through particulate counts

non-volative residue and black light (UV) inspection

Providing support and guidance to precision cleaning

and verification processes to meet mission goals

Reviewing contamination control plans

Outlining cleanliness standards and verifying results

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

As a member of KBR’s contamination control team in Laurel, Maryland, you will join a community of uniquely diverse professionals focused on the planning, inspection, cleaning, and testing hardware for spaceflight endeavors.

Full Job Description

**Title:** Contamination Control Engineer – Precision Cleaning **Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!** **Around here, we define the future.** We at KBR share one goal: to improve the world responsibly as a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers**.** We are seeking a **Contamination Control Engineer** to perform the **Precision Cleaning** of spaceflight hardware, ensuring it meets contamination requirements to enable mission success. As a member of KBR’s contamination control team in Laurel, Maryland, you will join a community of uniquely diverse professionals focused on the planning, inspection, cleaning, and testing hardware for spaceflight endeavors. **As a Contamination Control Engineer / Precision Clean professional, you will contribute to a range of contamination control activities, including:** * Physical hands-on cleaning, aqueous degreasing and solvent flushing * Conducting outgassing and material analysis * Verifying cleanliness through particulate counts, non-volative residue and black light (UV) inspection * Providing support and guidance to precision cleaning, inspection, and verification processes to meet mission goals * Reviewing contamination control plans * Outlining cleanliness standards and verifying results **Required: ** * Have a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Physics, Materials Engineering, or a related science/engineering field * Have at least 2 years of experience in Contamination Engineering, including working in a cleanroom environment * Have experience performing precision cleaning, inspection, and verification processes on spaceflight hardware * Have experience precision cleaning hardware with solvents and surfactants on spacecraft materials including metals, composites and polymers with varying surface finishes * Have the ability to work occasional overtime or extended shift work, as well as occasional travel ** _Preferred:_** * Have at least a Master 's degree in Biochemistry,

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