Mission Stakeholder & Integration Engineering Specialist, Systems 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 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and Human Surface Mobility Program's (EHP) System Engineering and Integration (SEI) Mission Stakeholder & Integration (MSI) team - part of the Artemis portfolio at the NASA Johnson Space Center. As Mission Stakeholder & Integration Engineering Specialist (Engineering Specialist - Systems Engineering), you will provide cross-program and mission development leadership and support.
Work Model
This is a full-time position based at Johnson Space Center in Houston TX, which requires a 100% onsite work.
What You'll Be Doing

• Support the EHP SEI MSI team at NASA Johnson Space Center, which is responsible for Artemis program stakeholder engagement and mission development
• Support the Program's MSI Lead in the following tasks:
  • Function as a cross-program and/or mission-specific Integrator/Representative for the Mission Stakeholder & Integration team in the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) & Human Surface Mobility Program (EHP) ensuring EVA requirements and manifests are implemented on lunar assets in the Artemis Program.
  • Review and provide technical input to formal mission integration and planning products such as mission requirements documentation and/or mission-specific documentation.
  • Integrate with relevant stakeholders and lead the development of critical decision topics for presentation in Artemis forums.
  • Engage with EHP-Internal Projects (EVA, Lunar Terrain Vehicle, Pressurized Rover), Cross-Program, International Partners, and Enterprise-level teams to provide critical reviews of products, risks, hardware deliveries and integration into deliverables.
  • Support lunar surface-phase mission integration and planning for EHP by managing relevant analysis tasks, documents, gathering EHP analyst team resources, and present statuses at various Moon To Mars forums, Program forums, and EHP forums.
  • Provide support where needed with integration with other programs, future surface systems/elements, or mission planning.
  • Facilitate CRs (external documents routed to EHP SEI for review/comment) related to EHP and Surface Phase technical baseline documents.

What You Need to be Successful - Engineering Specialist-Systems Engineering
Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, science, or another related STEM discipline
• 6 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including experience in systems engineering, technical interfaces, and NASA program management environment
• Collaborate with other team members responsible for requirements and interfaces that are related to verification and validation in addition to working with stakeholders from other programs/projects
• Excellent communication and coordination skills in working with others and presenting in front of boards
• Demonstrated experience integrating multiple teams and complex systems
• Ability to work in a quick-paced 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
• Experience and knowledge of NASA's System Engineering and Integration means and methodologies
• Willing to travel if needed, approx. 5-10%

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

• Prior experience is desired in any number of the following:
  • Systems Engineering and Integration processes and milestones
  • Mission Integration & Planning processes
  • Mission Definition and Development
  • Cross Program and M2M Integration
  • Decisional flowpaths
  • Operational Ground Rules and Constraints documentation and processes
  • Mission Certification
  • Manifest/Logistics processes
  • Mission Analysis
• Knowledge of EVA systems, exploration of mobility topics and current technology
• Knowledge and understanding of the NASA program life cycle and associated milestone reviews
• Working experience in Configuration Management Workflow (CMW), SharePoint, and wiki pages
• Advanced degree in engineering, science, or another related STEM discipline
• Demonstrated successful experience performing or leading technical and programmatic tasks for NASA
• Proven ability to interact effectively with government and contractor personnel
• 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

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