IVA Spacesuit Systems Engineer

MbSolutions Inc•Houston, TX

About The Position

The IVA Spacesuit Systems Engineer supports exploration projects by applying systems engineering principles and practices across systems. The role develops systems-engineering lifecycle artifacts and guides other team members in creating them. It works closely with customers, team leads, and team members and requires technical knowledge of human spaceflight engineering and strong communication skills. The engineer participates in and supports activities across the systems lifecycle, including early concept development, trade studies, design, integration, testing, verification and validation, operations, and sustainment. The role helps define stakeholder needs, decompose system functions, develop technical requirements, negotiate and document interfaces, perform design analyses, plan and execute verification and validation, and support system testing and operations. It also develops and models concepts; contributes to requirements definition, flow-down, assessment, and verification; and works on concepts of operations and software V&V plans. Additional work includes identifying risks and developing risk statements and responses, reviewing documentation for major milestone reviews and hazard analyses, participating in trade studies and stakeholder reviews, attending project meetings and providing summaries to technical leads, and reporting progress, issues, and support requests to the team lead. The engineer maintains professional relationships with the NASA customer, other NASA support contractors, and HLS commercial partners, and performs other duties as required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
Typically 2–5 years of experience in the field or a related area.
Experience in technology demonstrations and early program concept development and formulation.
Experience with requirements development, design trades, concept-of-operations development, risk analysis, and systems analysis of space hardware.
Experience creating concepts for operations of single systems and operations across multiple space vehicles.
Experience with technology roadmap development and technology integration plans.
Experience collecting and understanding stakeholder needs.
Experience defining interfaces for complex subsystems and between multiple systems or mission elements.
Experience with testing and verification of spaceflight hardware.
Knowledge of systems-engineering principles and associated documentation.

Nice To Haves

Electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering degree.
Experience working with multiple NASA organizations and international partners, including across NASA centers.
Experience working on hardware or software development projects.
Familiarity with human space exploration systems such as Orion, Commercial Crew, ISS, and EMU/xEMU.
Basic knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in the space hardware field, including mechanical and electrical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, and material selection for engineering products.
INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional certification.
Familiarity with system architecture tools such as DoDAF and TODAF.

Responsibilities

Support exploration projects by creating systems-engineering development lifecycle artifacts and guiding team members in their creation.
Implement systems-engineering principles and practices across systems.
Work with customers, team leads, and team members on human spaceflight engineering activities.
Participate in and support lifecycle activities from concept development and trade studies through design, integration, testing, verification and validation, operations, and sustainment.
Help define stakeholder needs, decompose system functions, develop technical requirements, negotiate and capture system interfaces, and perform design analyses.
Support planning and execution of system verification and validation activities, system testing, and operations.
Develop and model concepts.
Contribute to requirements definition, flow-down, assessment, and verification.
Work on concepts of operations and software verification and validation plans.
Identify risks with team members and develop risk statements and responses.
Review documentation for major milestone reviews, including TRR, CDR, and SAR, and review hazard analyses.
Attend project meetings, provide meeting summaries to technical leads, work on trade studies, and participate in stakeholder reviews.
Report progress, issues, and requests for support to the team lead.
Maintain professional relationships with the NASA customer, other NASA support contractors, and HLS commercial partners.
Perform other duties as required.