Departments / Extreme-Scale, Nano & Fundamental Engineering / D14

Aerospace, Space & Extreme Environment Engineering

Aerospace and space systems engineering, extreme-environment materials, orbital and planetary systems modelling, space robotics and the architecture work behind long-horizon space research.

Simulation Computational research 10^3 m to 10^13 m 11 open

What this work is, and what it is not

Modelling a system is not building one. This division models orbital and planetary systems out to 10^13 m and beyond, and it has flown nothing. Every piece of work states its maturity plainly: analysis, design, ground prototype, or qualified hardware. Space infrastructure concepts are described as concepts.

Computational research. Computed from established physics. A computed number is a prediction, and it is only as good as its convergence, its error budget, and whatever data it can be checked against.

Scale bands are a research classification, not a claim of experimental reach. Most of this span cannot be probed by any apparatus that exists: nothing below about 10^-19 m has been measured directly, and anything at 10^26 m or beyond is inferred from observation rather than engineered. Every opportunity states the kind of work it actually is.

Where this division sits

Scale range 10^3 m to 10^13 m

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10^-100 m 10⁰ m 10¹⁰⁰ m

Experiments reach here 3 bands no experiment reaches This role

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Macro, infrastructure and planetary surface (10^0 to 10^6)
Machines, structures, vehicles, buildings and infrastructure networks, up to regional scale.

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Space, planetary and astronomical (10^6 to 10^13)
Planetary bodies, orbits and the Solar System. Reached by spacecraft and observed directly.

Charter

This division models aerospace systems, develops materials concepts for extreme environments, simulates conditions that cannot be reproduced on the ground, and designs system architectures. Its modelling range extends far beyond anything it builds, and it says so.

Domains

Aerospace engineeringSpace systemsExtreme-environment materialsSpace infrastructureOrbital systemsPlanetary systems modellingSpace roboticsAstro-materials

Disciplines

Aerospace and space systems Materials science Mechanical engineering Scientific computing Physics

Works with

Divisions this one collaborates with routinely.

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11 open opportunities

Grouped by career rung. Every posting states its own classification, its scale range and what it expects you to have already done.

Level 1 3

Extreme Materials Intern

How one material behaves under an extreme-environment exposure, and what the data does not cover.

Simulation Computational research L1 · Research and Engineering Intern Internship On-site / Hybrid — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^-9 m to 10^0 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 4 more

Aerospace Research Intern

One aerospace analysis carried out under real constraints that trade against each other.

Simulation Computational research L1 · Research and Engineering Intern Internship On-site / Hybrid — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^3 m to 10^13 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 4 more

Space Systems Intern

A mission concept analysed to first-order budgets, with the binding constraint identified.

Simulation Computational research L1 · Research and Engineering Intern Internship On-site / Hybrid — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^3 m to 10^13 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 4 more

Level 3 4

Aerospace Engineer

Aerospace systems analysed and designed against requirements with traceable margins.

Applied engineering Established science L3 · Engineer and Scientist Full-Time On-site — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^3 m to 10^13 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 4 more

Orbital Systems Engineer

Orbits, constellations and the operational consequences of each design choice.

Simulation Computational research L3 · Engineer and Scientist Full-Time On-site — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^6 m to 10^9 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 6 more

Space Materials Engineer

Materials for vacuum, radiation and thermal cycling, and the qualification evidence they would need.

Simulation Computational research L3 · Engineer and Scientist Full-Time On-site — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^-9 m to 10^0 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 4 more

Space Systems Engineer

Whole spacecraft systems: budgets, interfaces, and the subsystem that ends up driving everything.

Applied engineering Established science L3 · Engineer and Scientist Full-Time On-site — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^3 m to 10^13 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 5 more

Level 4 1

Space Robotics Engineer

Robotic systems for environments where nobody can intervene, and the autonomy that requires.

Prototype Active experimental research L4 · Specialist Full-Time On-site — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^0 m to 10^3 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 6 more

Level 5 1

Senior Aerospace Engineer

Several aerospace programmes at once, and the margin discipline applied across them.

Simulation Computational research L5 · Senior Full-Time On-site — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^3 m to 10^13 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 4 more

Level 6 1

Space Engineering Lead

What this division works on, who works on it, and the rule that maturity is stated in every outward claim.

Simulation Computational research L6 · Lead Full-Time On-site — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^3 m to 10^13 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 4 more

Level 7 1

Principal Space Systems Engineer

The division's technical direction and its hardest system-level problems.

Simulation Computational research L7 · Principal Full-Time On-site — Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Scale 10^3 m to 10^13 m

Orbital mechanics: can propagate a two-body orbit and explain what perturbs it. · Has run an engineering analysis for a system with mass, power and thermal constraints that trade against each other. · Understands the space environment: vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and what each does to hardware. · Python for mission and systems analysis. + 4 more

Other divisions in this department

Ultra-Fundamental & Mathematical Physics Particle, High-Energy & Nuclear Systems Quantum, Atomic & Precision Systems Molecular Engineering & Computational Chemistry Nano Engineering & Nanotechnology Materials & Advanced Matter Semiconductors, Electronics & Micro/Nano Systems Computer Science, AI & Scientific Computing Mathematics & Computational Foundations Mechanical, Robotics & Multi-Scale Systems Civil, Structural & Macro-Scale Systems Biology, Biotechnology & Bio-Nano Systems Energy, Environment & Climate Materials Astrophysics, Cosmology & Extreme-Scale Modelling