IVA Spacesuit Systems Engineer

Amentum•Houston, TX

2d•$83,700•Onsite

About The Position

Amentum is hiring an IVA Spacesuit Systems Engineer to support NASA exploration projects as part of the Nexus teammate company. The engineer will apply systems engineering principles across spaceflight systems, create and guide the development of systems engineering life-cycle artifacts, and collaborate with customers, team leads, and team members. Work spans the full system life cycle, from early concepts and trade studies through design, integration, testing, verification and validation, operations, and sustainment. The role also includes supporting or leading project activities involving stakeholder needs, system functions, technical requirements, interfaces, design analyses, verification and validation planning, testing, and operations. The position reports progress, issues, and support requests to a team lead and maintains professional relationships with NASA customers, other NASA contractors, and HLS commercial partners. The role is generally performed in an office environment, though tasks may involve indoor or outdoor work. Regular attendance is critical, and the employee may need to work outside the normal schedule or adjust hours to meet peak periods and surge requirements. Proof of U.S. citizenship or permanent residency may be required, and the employee must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and 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 individual systems and across multiple space vehicles.
Experience with technology roadmap development and technology integration planning.
Experience collecting and understanding stakeholder needs.
Experience defining interfaces for complex subsystems.
Experience defining interfaces between multiple systems or mission elements.
Experience with testing and verification of spaceflight hardware.
Knowledge of systems engineering principles and associated documentation.
Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.
Proof of U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent residency may be required.

Nice To Haves

Degree in electrical, mechanical, or aerospace engineering.
Experience working with multiple NASA organizations, international partners, or 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 space hardware concepts, practices, and procedures, 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 as a practicing systems engineer by creating life-cycle artifacts and guiding other team members in producing systems engineering artifacts.
Implement systems engineering principles and practices across systems.
Collaborate with customers, team leads, and team members, applying human spaceflight engineering knowledge and communication skills.
Participate in and support life-cycle activities from early concept development and trade studies through design, integration, testing, verification and validation, operations, and sustainment.
Support or lead activities to define stakeholder needs, decompose system functions, develop technical requirements, negotiate and document system interfaces, perform design analyses, plan and execute verification and validation, and support testing and operations.
Develop and model concepts.
Define, flow down, assess, and verify requirements.
Develop concepts of operations and software verification and validation plans.
Work with team members to identify risks and develop risk statements and responses.
Review documentation for milestone reviews, including TRR, CDR, and SAR.
Review hazard analyses.
Attend project meetings and 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.