Microgravity Science Glovebox LeadEngineer (Documentation Engineer III) Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
Description The Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) team is a POIC FCT position responsible for managing real-time operations of the MSG Facility and is the primary liaison between the POIC, MLSG Project, and sub-rack Payload Developer teams. MSG Operator responsibilities include real-time commanding and telemetry monitoring of the facility, ground system maintenance/checkout, increment specific training, supporting sub-rack payload operations, and facility maintenance operations.
The LSG/MSG Ops teams are under the leadership of the LSG and MSG Facility Operations Leads.
Responsibilities: In addition to being a certified member of the MSG team and completing necessary assignments, this individual will have the following duties:
Coordinate with the HP26 NASA Branch Chief, Assistant Branch Chief and Sub-Team Lead, and HP26 TBE Level II Manager as needed to ensure excellent customer support
Report directly to the TBE Level II Manager for technical performance of the contract for the MSG position
Accountable to the TBE Level II Manager for cost and manpower assessment of the MSG team requirements and ensuring contractual responsibilities are met/exceeded
Provide overall leadership and technical direction for their portion of MSG contractor support personnel, including performance, time & attendance, policies, issue resolution, corrective measures, etc.
Interface with NASA project management for MSG position health and status reporting
Solicit WAR inputs and finalized final overall MSG team rollup
Provides LSG/MSG planning inputs, develops/submits LSG/MSG facility crew procedures, Google Cloud Platforms, Flight Rules and PL Regulations
Supports product development and review for LSG/MSG investigations including crew procedures, PARD/PPO, PL Regulations, Flight Rules
Maintains and teaches Ground Support Personnel (GSP) courses
Develops and maintains console tools, builds console schedule
Supports JSC SPI in ground crew training development
Reviews command/telemetry databases
Performs CoFR interface verification procedures, supports rack and investigation testing, and provides SIM support
Representative to MEP and MOCG
Supervise payload assignments
Chair MSG team meetings and yearly offsite meetings
Requirements
CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or Science.
Familiarity with ISS Program and POIC Stakeholders
Understanding of HOSC Systems
EPC
Display Studio
Exception Monitoring
AEON
Trek 3.1 and 5.2
Stancil
Antman
Working knowledge of ISS Command Data and Handling (CD&H/CCSDS)
Experience with Payload Safety Requirements, the Payload Anomaly Report Tool (PART), and the payload life cycle
Proficiency in increment planning (OOS, PPO/PARD)
Knowledge of crew procedure development
Experience with ISS microgravity science, objectives, technologies, and trends
Understanding of current/emerging display architectures, including laptop computer, touchscreen, tablet, Smartphone, LCD/LED/OLED front panel and wearables (incl. VR/AR)
Ability to apply a defined set of processes and work to a product integration milestone schedule with proactive workflow management
Strong technical leader with ability to coordinate technical team activities as well as an independent, critical, and analytical thinker who can rapidly adapt to changing business and organizational demands
Software Engineering, Information Technology, and/or Electrical Engineering degrees would be a preferred
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