Increment Payload Manager (IPM)

Barrios Technology • Houston, TX

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Barrios Technology is an engineering solutions partner with more than 45 years of experience supporting NASA and the commercial space industry. We deliver innovative engineering, software, and technology integration services across NASA centers nationwide. Barrios prides itself on a people-focused culture that values creativity, diversity, professional growth, and a healthy work–life balance.
We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. Bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. Currently there is an exciting opportunity for a Increment Payload Manager to join the team with Barrios, a teammate company.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of relevant experience with three (3) years of spaceflight operations and/or integration experience.
• Leadership skills to effectively lead teams that consist of people from other organizations and agencies
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals and target clear and concise message to the appropriate audience
• Strong analytical skills and ability to manage constrained resources and resolve conflicts
• Attention to detail, initiative, and the ability to perform in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Proficient in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint and able to easily adapt to new tool-sets
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation.
• Applicant selected may be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical.
• Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required.
• Must be able to work in a team atmosphere.
• Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation.
• Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with the ISS Program Mission Integration & Operations Office, Research Integration Office, or International Partners
• Experience working on the Increment Management Team and/or in the ISS Management Center (IMC)
• Experience working with the Payloads Operations Integration Center (POIC). Experience working in the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) flight planning
• Project management or systems engineering experience
• Knowledge of the ISS Robotics resource planning including the JEM Airlock Cycle and NanoRacks Airlock payload usage
• Knowledge of Python

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to develop, document, coordinate, implement, and manage the program-level utilization plan and requirements for an increment time frame necessary to operate research on-board the International Space Station (ISS)
• Serves as the liaison between NASA's Utilization (OZ) and Mission Integration (OC) Branches. Specifically, the Increment Team to facilitate payload information transfer and coordinate payload planning and execution concerns including major re-plans, anomaly resolution, science priority calls and science loss documentation
• Develop, coordinate inputs and recommendations to program Utilization plans, procedures, schedules, and processes
• Serves as the research plan focal person to the NASA ISS Increment Team and International Partners
• Lead integrated payload/utilization analysis and issue resolution during increment preparation and execution to support decision making regarding document development, flight readiness, flight schedule changes, mission duration inquiries and crew time availability impacts to science completion
• Coordinate and oversee utilization execution in the ISS Management Center (IMC) with the assigned Research Increment Engineers (RIEs) and the Payload Operations Managers (POMs)
• Support the ISS Mission Management Team (IMMT) and Operations Tag-up as the ISS Utilization representative
• Perform feasibility assessments for an increment to determine risk areas and concerns
• Participate in post-flight processes, including but not limited to, development and review of the Post Increment Evaluation Report (PIER), crew debriefs, and lessons learned
• Serves as increment-team integration lead for ISS robotic resources planning, constraints and communications
• Travel on a periodic basis to support program reviews and technical interchange meetings (TIMs)

Benefits

• Barrios Technology is a drug-free workplace, which is imperative to the health and safety of all employees and is required as a condition of receiving contracts from federal agencies.
• Barrios Technology is an Equal Employment Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level