# Spacecraft Contamination Control Engineer

Spacecraft Contamination Control Engineer Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Remote/Telework: No - Full-time onsite position at Kennedy Space Center Level: Senior Engineer / Subject Matter Expert Clearance Required: Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder) and successfully complete the required U.S. government background investigation. Work Schedule: Full-Time Position Summary Aegis Aerospace is seeking an experienced Spacecraft Contamination Control Engineer to support advanced spaceflight programs under the LENS contract at Kennedy Space Center. The engineer will provide subject matter expertise in the analysis, assessment, and verification of spacecraft contamination requirements and controls throughout the spacecraft lifecycle. The role includes contamination sensitivity assessments, contamination budgets and mitigation strategies, molecular and particulate transport analysis, and evaluation of contamination controls for flight hardware, payloads, instruments, docking surfaces, and mission operations. This position may be filled at the Senior Engineer or Subject Matter Expert level, depending on the selected candidate’s qualifications. Compe

- **Id**: 3621360
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/aegis-aerospace-spacecraft-contamination-control-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T18:35:07Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T08:21:20Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7351
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Retirement plans, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Government, Science & Engineering, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 2753787
- **Name**: Aegis Aerospace
- **Domain**: aegisaero.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/aegisaero>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Paycor

## Salary

- **Min**: 130000
- **Max**: 160000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 160000

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: yes
- **Thermal Desktop** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T18:35:07Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 36
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 160000
- **Is top pay**: no

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