Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work: Yes
Description
Position Description: Human Landing System (HLS) Command and Control Systems Engineer
Job Description:
This position offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to support NASA's present and future human spaceflight programs. You will assist with the design, development, test and evaluation of spacecraft systems and mission planning for NASA's lunar Human Landing System (HLS) Program. You will be responsible for ensuring spacecraft systems comply with all applicable Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) requirements. Some travel to vendors, prime contractor sites, and/or vehicle processing centers may be required. Specific tasks include:
Assist with the development and effective implementation of Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance (SR&QA) requirements, processes and procedures
Evaluation of spacecraft design and operations for compliance to NASA SR&QA requirements and system certification limits / constraints
Evaluation of changes to requirements, materials, processes and procedures for potential impacts to flight safety and mission success
Evaluation of prime contractor processes and products including hazard analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), design verification analysis, reliability and maintainability analysis, limited life item time/cycle tracking reports, hardware qualification and acceptance test reports
Perform qualitative and quantitative risk assessments and trade studies
Perform integrated hazard analyses of joint operations between HLS, Gateway, Orion and Extravehicular Activity Systems (EVAS) to identify potential hazards, hazard causes and controls, and document residual flight safety risk
Identify, characterize and provide recommendations regarding mitigation of safety and mission assurance risks to senior management
Participation in failure analysis and problem resolution
Candidates must be US citizens and able to pass a public trust security clearance
Qualifications
EDUCATION: BS in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or other science degree
REQUIRED SKILLS:
10-15 years of experience
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills
High degree of technical excellence, integrity, and self-initiative
Ability to evaluate technical merits of spacecraft designs and identify alternative solutions to complex technical problems to mitigate mission risk
Ability to work effectively across multiple organizations / stakeholders and within a teaming environment to get results
Proficient in use of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Power Point, Excel)
DESIRED SKILLS:
Experience with spacecraft design, test and verification, maintenance, and operations
Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance (SR&QA) experience is desirable with emphasis on development and utilization of system safety (hazard analysis) and reliability analyses (FMEA/CIL, PRA, RBDA, FTA) to inform and influence design, test and verification activities, and planned flight operations
Experience performing root cause analysis and development of fault trees to support anomaly / non-conformance investigations
Target salary range: $85,001 - $95,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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