Multipurpose Habitat SEI Engineer

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Building on The Aerospace Corporation's reputation as a trusted, impartial advisor with integrity and dedication to mission success, the Civil Systems Group (CSG) combines deep technical expertise with market-leading innovation to help our customers solve complex systems engineering and integration challenges. CSG is organized by core customer-facing lines of business to manage and grow programs within NASA, NOAA, and the NNSA, while extending our capabilities to other civilian federal government agencies fully integrated within Aerospace rules, regulations, processes, values, and behaviors.
This position will support the NASA Multipurpose Habitat (MPH) Technical Integration team - part of the Artemis portfolio at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. As an MPH SEI Project Engineer/Sr Project Engineer (Project Engineer/ Senior Project Engineer - Systems Engineering), you will be responsible for leading MPH Systems Engineering and Integration and Planning. You will coordinate with other lunar surface elements (e.g., landing systems, EVA suits, rovers), tech authorities, subject matter experts, etc. to create, review, update, and maintain documents for the MPH and MPH international partners. As an Aerospace Employee, you will represent the Aerospace Human Exploration and Spaceflight (HESF) team. The primary functions of the role require technical knowledge and systems engineering & integration (SEI) expertise, as well as strong leadership and integration skills.
Work Model
This is a full-time position based in Huntsville, AL or Houston, TX at Johnson Space Center, which requires 100% onsite work.
What You'll Be Doing:

• Create, update, and maintain SEI technical documents and presentations as required to develop and refine requirements, specifications, interfaces, conops, and plans. Define timelines, status progress, coordinate with internal and external SMEs, review and release documents, and lead change requests (CRs). Coordinate with MPH international partners.
• Develop, update and retire MPH Ground Rules and Assumptions (GRAs).
• Work cross-stakeholder inputs to interface documents with other programs (e.g., EVA and Human Surface Mobility Program [EHP]), projects (e.g., lunar landers, space suits, rovers), and MPH international partners.
• Inform Verification and Validation (V&V) and related activities as MPH progresses through lifecycle.
• Review CRs related to MPH and the lunar surface phase (external documents routed to MPH for review/comment) and other CRs, as needed.
• Assist with project lifecycle reviews (generate documentation and presentation content, present as needed).
• Coordinate and lead meetings related to technical, trades and analysis, and maintain awareness of potential changes needed, and coordinate with stakeholders and MPH international partners to provide impact assessments for management review and disposition.
• Identifies, develops and manages project technical risks

What You Need to be Successful
Minimum Requirements for Project Engineer - Systems Engineering

• Bachelor of Science degree or advanced degree in engineering or science
• 6 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including experience in systems engineering and program lifecycle environment
• Working experience in NASA program life cycle and associated milestone reviews
• Working experience in NASA SEI processes, including development of SEI products
• Working experience in CMW (NASA program for supporting technical baseline documentation and CRs), SharePoint, and wiki pages
• High level knowledge of spacecraft subsystems including Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS), power, thermal, comm, (no propulsion). Familiarity with space operations and EVA operations. Knowledge of space flight certification processes to ensure performance and safety requirements are met
• Excellent presentation and communications skills, including development and briefing of decision packages and complex information in a succinct and polished manner.
• Ability to lead technical TIMs on various topics and coordinate between NASA SMEs and international partner project team to schedule virtual working TIMs, and share technical information to advance the MPH project.
• Ability to identify risks and support development of risk mitigation steps and impact assessments.
• Ability to work in a quick-paced, small core team that leads technical discussions across a large technical community and influences teams across the NASA enterprise
• Initiative and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers
• Excellent teaming and leadership skills with an ability to multi-task across various issues/disciplines simultaneously
• This position may require the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

In addition to the above, the minimum requirements for Senior Project Engineer - Systems Engineering include:

• 12 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including experience in a systems engineering, program lifecycle, and program management environment
• Experience leading NASA SEI processes, including development of SEI products from inception to final delivery.
• Working knowledge of spacecraft subsystems including Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS), power, thermal, comm, (no propulsion). Working experience with space operations and EVA operations. Working experience in spaceflight certification processes to ensure performance and safety requirements are met.

How You Can Stand Out
It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• Advanced degree in engineering or science
• Experience with the NASA Artemis Program
• Knowledge of exploration habitation topics and current technologies
• Knowledge of EVA systems and current technologies
• Knowledge of exploration mobility systems and current technologies
• Demonstrated successful experience performing or leading technical and programmatic tasks for NASA
• Demonstrated successful experience performing or leading SEI analysis cycle tasks
• Demonstrated ability to successfully work across multiple organizations that contribute to mission success
• Experience with International Partner and/or Commercial vendor integration and coordination

Leadership Competencies
Our leadership philosophy is simple: every employee, regardless of level and role, can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace, our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders, we want individuals who:

• Operate Strategically
• Lead Change
• Engage with Impact
• Foster Innovation
• Deliver Results

Ways We Reward Our Employees
During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits.
Benefits vary and are applicable based on Job Type. A few highlights include:

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
• Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
• 401(k) Plan - Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
• Flexible spending accounts
• Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
• Relocation assistance
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
• Education assistance programs
• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

We are all unique, from various backgrounds and all walks of life, yet one thing bonds all of us to each other-the belief that we can make a difference. This core belief empowers us to do our best work at The Aerospace Corporation.
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