Jobs at Analytical Mechanics Associates

Lead system safety and hazard management for NASA flight research activities. Develop safety plans, maintain hazard databases and continuous risk management, analyze reliability and maintainability, facilitate safety working groups, support design and flight readiness reviews, and present risks to NASA management and safety boards. Apply FMEA and fault tree analysis to identify and mitigate hazards affecting personnel, hardware, and mission success.

Conduct experimental aerothermodynamics research at NASA Ames using shock tubes, plasma wind tunnels, and other high-enthalpy facilities. Develop and operate optical diagnostics, spectroscopy, imaging, pyrometry, radiometry, instrumentation, and synchronized data-acquisition systems. Plan test campaigns, characterize material response, process experimental data, document procedures and uncertainties, and collaborate with multidisciplinary research teams. Analyze thermochemical non-equilibrium, radiation, and gas-surface interaction phenomena using experimental and numerical methods.

Develop and evaluate machine learning models, reproducible data pipelines, and proof-of-concept tools for NASA research projects. Translate ambiguous technical needs into ML tasks, define validation methods, analyze uncertainty and errors, and document results. Projects may involve predictive analytics, digital twins, time series, anomaly detection, NLP, computer vision, automation, and decision support. The role also supports trustworthy ML practices, technical demonstrations, and transition of prototypes to NASA mentor teams.

Develops visual and written communications that translate complex scientific and technical information for diverse audiences. Creates print and digital materials, including reports, posters, presentations, newsletters, web graphics, social media content, and infographics. Supports research dissemination, education, outreach, marketing, public engagement, presentations, and organizational communications while coordinating multiple projects and collaborating across disciplines.

Provides project planning and control support for NASA aerospace research programs. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining integrated schedules, identifying and monitoring risks, analyzing schedule performance, preparing reports and presentations, tracking action items and documentation, facilitating schedule and risk reviews, and advising project managers on planning, compliance, and mitigation strategies across multiple concurrent projects.

Supports NASA aeronautics flight-test activities by collecting and labeling radar and vision data, evaluating aircraft and wildlife detection and tracking algorithms, assisting distributed testing software development, and documenting procedures, experiments, and findings. The part-time remote internship runs September through December at 5–10 hours per week and supports onsite NASA Langley Research Center activities.

Conduct intercalibration studies and scientific data analyses for NASA’s CLARREO Pathfinder mission. Responsibilities include validating science algorithms, processing satellite and reference-target datasets, assessing uncertainty propagation and budgets, developing analysis scripts and visualizations, evaluating data products, and supporting quality assurance and verification activities. The role collaborates with scientists and engineers and communicates findings through presentations, reports, and technical discussions.

Supports NASA Langley flight-test activities for distributed sensing systems. Responsibilities include collecting flight-test data, labeling radar and vision data, evaluating aircraft and wildlife detection and tracking algorithms, assisting with software development for distributed testing, and documenting procedures, experiments, and findings. The role is part-time, requiring 5–10 hours weekly from September through December, with onsite NASA activities and remote work.

Perform scientific programming and time‑series analysis of satellite, airborne, and ground atmospheric remote sensing data to evaluate trace gases and atmospheric state. Collaborate with NASA and university partners, compare observations with models/reanalyses, develop retrieval and uncertainty analyses, prepare technical reports, and contribute to scientific software development and deployment.

Develop and modernize computational fluid dynamics and multiphysics aerothermodynamics software for hypersonic reentry simulations on CPU, GPU, and exascale HPC systems. Responsibilities include mesh generation, simulation execution, thermal-environment analysis, verification and validation, software porting, workflow automation, and technical documentation. The role supports NASA Ames aerothermodynamics research and requires onsite work in Mountain View, California.

Provides mechanical engineering expertise in materials and processes and contamination control for sensitive spaceflight hardware. Responsibilities include developing contamination control procedures, assessing material selection and processing, reviewing hardware requirements, documenting technical work, and overseeing contamination prevention during assembly, integration, storage, shipment, and testing. The role supports NASA Langley Research Center onsite and requires expertise in aerospace materials, spaceflight contamination control, and hardware acceptance standards.

Designs, analyzes, documents, manufactures, assembles, integrates, and tests mechanical components and mechanisms for research and spaceflight hardware. Creates CAD models and engineering drawings, performs sizing activities, develops procedures and technical reports, collaborates with structural analysts and program management, and guides hardware through manufacturing and acceptance testing at NASA Langley Research Center.

Provide on-site configuration and data management support for NASA AFRC projects: maintain CM plans and repositories, control configuration items and engineering changes, administer CCBs and ACMS/ACCT, run audits (PCAs), track action items and metrics, and train users on CM tools and processes.

Lead and mentor an electronics team to design, simulate, build, and test mixed-signal and high-speed digital circuits, VHDL/FPGA modules, and system integrations (cameras, GPS, data storage) for flight missions; collaborate across disciplines and with vendors through full lifecycle to manufacturing and assembly.

Lead and manage rotorcraft aerodynamics wind-tunnel experiments: provide senior technical leadership, ensure safe facility operations, track schedule/budget/performance, establish standards, support rotor model development, conduct aerodynamic/dynamics data analysis, and document and review experimental efforts.

Employer invites students and recent graduates to submit resumes for internships and entry-level roles. Recruiting reviews submissions year-round and contacts candidates when positions match; opportunities span internships, summer programs, and full-time roles after graduation.

Design, develop, and integrate electronic circuits and harnesses for flight missions using Altium and PSPICE. Integrate cameras, lasers, storage, compute, and science instrumentation. Perform PCB design, fabrication coordination, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation (schematics, BOMs, test procedures). Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, vendors, and manufacturing to ensure mission delivery; occasionally support overtime.

Support NASA Langley Research Center through applied research and engineering across aviation transformation, earth intelligence, and space exploration. Work spans fundamental research to flight‑rated hardware design, contributing to long‑term NASA missions and programs. Candidates at all experience levels encouraged; positions will be onsite at Langley, VA.

Develop, update, and validate physics-based and identified flight-dynamics models for crewed and uncrewed rotorcraft (including FLRAA and UH-60 variants). Use tools like HeliUM, GenHel, CIFER, and Simulink to generate linear models, support real-time piloted simulations, assist software development and validation, attend reviews, and communicate results via presentations and reports.

Provide on-site project planning, scheduling, risk assessment, reporting, and coordination support for NASA AFRC programs. Build and maintain integrated schedules, track metrics and risks, prepare reports and briefings, facilitate reviews, and ensure compliance with project control processes across multiple concurrent aerospace research projects.