GPM Flight Operations Team (FOT) Intern

KBR, Inc.•Greenbelt, MD

About The Position

This position will support the Ground Systems and Mission Operations (GSMO) contract at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center as an Operations Systems Engineer for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Flight Operations Team (FOT). Must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for this position.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen to be considered for this position.
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience with STK, C++, and Python
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams
Interest in detailed Spacecraft (SC) subsystem performance and analysis

Responsibilities

Support GPM Subsystem Engineers with specific tasks as assigned.
Performing trending analysis on certain subsystems, the FOT has identified several trending items that would be beneficial to automate.
Coordinate and work with C&DH/FSW engineers to review current trending products and develop automated product generation utilizing the GPM Integrated Trending and Plotting System (ITPS), GNU Plot, and desired scripting language (Bash, Perl, or Python).
Exposure to live GIT environment and proper management of GIT repositories.
Develop scripts for GPM’s transition to GMAT (candidate has some STK experience according to resume).
Coordinate with GNC and AGS engineers for specific requirements and system capabilities.
Analyzing gyro drift during spacecraft maneuvers to predict when a gyro calibration may be required to meet mission requirements.
Calculating RWA drag coefficients based on telemetry to improve the fidelity the GPM Flatsat’s RWA simulation.
Coordinate with responsible system engineer(s) to ensure tasks are completed.