What are the responsibilities and job description for the Spaceflight Structural Hardware Systems Engineer position at Astrion?
Spaceflight Structural Hardware Systems Engineer
LOCATION: NASA Johnson Space Center
JOB STATUS: Full Time, Onsite
CLEARANCE: Background check & U.S. Citizenship required
Please carefully review the position requirements before submitting a potential candidate for consideration.
Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!
We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Spaceflight Structural Hardware Systems Engineer to join the team!
** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. **
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS
Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and normally possess 5- 10 years of related experience. License and certification may be required.
Have provided mechanical design support in the NASA JSC Flight Hardware process
Have provided mechanical system engineering support on multiple flight hardware projects with NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes
Excellent written and verbal communication across multiple disciplines
Knowledge and work experience in a Systems Engineering role in a NASA, DoD, or Aerospace environment
Senior level experience with requirements management, verification and validation definition and execution, design trades, risk analysis, and system analysis of space hardware
Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various meetings
Familiarity with SharePoint and Microsoft Office products
This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE/ SKILLS
Senior level working knowledge of NASA, JSC, and ISS standard practices and requirements including safety, fault tolerance, and unique disciplines
Familiarity with NASA/JSC documentation databases and share point sites as well as typical systems engineering software products
Experience in technical and team leadership roles
RESPONSIBILITES
Lead the planning, development, review, and maintenance of requirements and verification plans in the NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes
Prepare and present presentation materials for the system life cycle phasing, including SRR (System Readiness Review), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR)
Work with team members to identify risks, develop risk statements, and to help them plan risk responses
Perform and review system level architecture trade studies and analyses that will influence the overall system design and performance
Utilize requirements management software and systems engineering tool such as DOORS, Cradle or Jama
Create and manage requirements for various projects – including flow down from NASA Program to contractor Project through verification closeout as well as interface definition between subsystems
Work in a team environment and report to the team lead to provide status on progress and raise issues
Maintain a professional relationship with the NASA customer and other NASA support contractors
Perform other tasks assigned
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