Human Spaceflight Engineer at The Aerospace Corporation

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space. 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. Human Exploration and Spaceflight (HESF) Division in CSG is the company subject matter experts for human spaceflight. HESF supports NASA and its bold human exploration missions from the NASA Headquarters mission directorates to the Moon to Mars office down to every Artemis Program in operation. We also support the International Space Station (ISS), Commercial LEO Development Program, Commercial Crew Program, and Human Health and Performance. HESF support spans from architecture and mission design to technology development, requirements and design reviews, and finally to verification, safety, and on orbit operational reviews and concurrences. For this position, you will function as a Human Spaceflight Engineer (MTS Casual III- Engineering Program Management & Systems Engineering) to provide expert technical assistance for architecture design, spacecraft design, ground operations, mission integration, and advanced development and field testing. You will collaborate with our NASA customer and industry contractors and vendors to ensure the success of high-priority space programs and missions with challenging spacecraft design requirements. Your work will potentially involve technical assessments of designs, system development, manufacture, testing, and operations for multiple programs. You must be willing to learn about a broad range of new technologies and systems and confidently advise customers on making critical decisions. 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 Supporting the Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) lifecycle to include development of advanced spacecraft systems for national space missions through administration of the customers. Support program office activities, working closely with the civil servant team in an advisory role including vendor selection, development, testing, and operations support Attend various meetings and conferences, both regularly scheduled and intermittent Serve as a highly proactive advisory specialist, understanding issues and formulating options/recommendations, while working closely teams and across other offices, working groups, and panels Integrate with subject matter experts and stakeholders Develop periodic status reports and presentations Develop special reports/discussions of findings, issues, conclusions, recommendations, and risk assessments Formulate recommendations to senior-level program management Perform other duties for the customer as required What You Need to be Successful – MTS Casual III- Engineering Program Management & Systems Engineering Minimum Requirements: Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited program in technical discipline. 12 or more years of professional engineering/scientific experience, inclu