[Hiring] Senior Project Engineer @The Aerospace Corporation

Role Description

The Commercial LEO Development Program (CLDP) Integrated Systems Test & Validation/ SE&I Engineer (MTS Casual III-Systems Engineering) will work closely with the SE&I Office and Vehicle Office Managers, particularly focusing on operations-related products. The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Coordinating documentation
• Supporting program reviews
• Identifying process improvements
• Maintaining SE&I product schedules

This is a CASUAL part time/remote role but will require periodic onsite support at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Develop and maintain SE&I product schedules to support key program milestones and ensure timely delivery of products.
• Offer senior-level integration systems test and validation (T&V) support, including detailed planning and execution.
• Develop detailed approaches for alternate standards adjudication, including T&V panel approaches, creating charters, detailed work instructions, and evaluating waivers, deviations, and exceptions.
• Support the evaluation of testing and verification approaches to ensure they meet program requirements and standards.
• Develop and coordinate documentation change packages, ensuring thorough stakeholder review and organizing technical interchange meetings for resolving technical issues.
• Provide comprehensive support for program office reviews, including preparing review materials and summarizing outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for program process improvements based on hands-on experience and provide actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field. Advanced degree preferred.
• 10 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including multi-disciplinary systems engineering and/or program management environments.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in systems engineering and integration within the aerospace industry.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering processes, including test and validation (T&V) methods and practices.
• Excellent project management skills, with experience in developing and maintaining schedules.
• Proven ability to identify process improvements and provide effective recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and coordinating documentation change packages and technical issue resolution.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to coordinate and collaborate with various stakeholders and teams.
• Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to accuracy and quality.
• 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.
• Excellent presentation and communications skills, including development of and briefing of decision packages and complex information in a succinct and polished manner.
• Experience working across diverse teams and many different engineering disciplines.
• This position may require the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

Requirements

• Advanced STEM degree (preferred).
• Experience with NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program or similar aerospace programs.
• Familiarity with NASA’s Systems Engineering & Integration processes and standards.
• Ten years of experience with NASA spacecraft systems.
• Experience performing or leading technical and programmatic tasks for NASA.

Benefits

• 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.
• An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.