OPO Spacecraft Assembly Engineer 2

ARES Corporation•Merritt Island, FL

About The Position

This position supports operations integration activities for the Orion Production Operations (OPO) Branch, Operations and Test Management Division of NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program Office located at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The successful candidate will support assembly, integration, and test (AI&T) activities of the Orion spacecraft prior to turnover to EGS for processing and launch. The primary duty of this position is to support assembly, integration, and test (AI&T) activities for Orion modules and missions. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Provides daily support to OPO Spacecraft assembly, integration, and test (AI&T) team Support OPO Spacecraft AI&T team to provide insight and evaluation of Orion module assembly processes, issue resolutions, and schedules to ensure as-built flight hardware meets design and performance meets plan Partner with prime contractor and/or international partners to achieve technical and schedule performance commitments for Orion module production Manage and evaluate technical data for the OPO Hardware AI&T Review process in support of Orion System Acceptance Review (SAR) Analyze/Evaluate module production flow for schedule risks and opportunities, potential conflicts, and performance metrics to project impacts and initiate mitigations and to identify and influence production process improvements Coordinate module assembly activities, flight hardware issues, and safety/quality concerns with all OPO functional areas Maintain awareness of and/or witness daily module assembly activities and provide daily and weekly progress reports to Orion management Perform independent risk assessments and develop performance metrics to evaluate module production flow Maintain and expand knowledge of spacecraft components and parts at a technical level necessary to understand, explain, and analyze production operations Applies engineering techniques and lessons learned to support future operational campaigns Keeps management informed of work status, and progress in meeting milestones and deadlines, and problems encountered along with resolution As a team member, provides inputs with clear communication and understanding of performance to plan, risks and other technical, schedule and budgetary impacts Attends Program panels/boards related to program production decisions Remains cognizant of new and emerging production opportunities, tools, capabilities, and strategies. Looks for process improvement opportunities

Requirements

Experience in Orion systems engineering processes and spacecraft operations
Knowledge of spacecraft modules, facility, transportation, test integration, and operations
Knowledge of Concept of Operations development
Proficiency in technical document review to include design drawings
Flexible to changing work demands, shift work, multi-task, operate with minimal direct supervision, and meet all customer deadlines
Self-starter with outstanding organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Ability to work odd hours and various shifts, including weekends as required to support spacecraft processing schedules
Minimum 4 years of relevant experience
Bachelor of Science (BS) in an Engineering discipline

Nice To Haves

Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a team environment co-located with customers
Effective and clear communicator with the ability to present technical issues
Proven work as a cohesive team member with many different technical experts in a dynamic schedule-driven environment
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Outlook, as well as commercial applications
Knowledge of aerospace systems, structures, materials, kinematics and mechanics, aerodynamics, and fluids
Knowledge of spacecraft hardware production processes and documentation
Experience with Microsoft SharePoint and Teams, or ability to quickly learn and come up to speed

Responsibilities

Provides daily support to OPO Spacecraft assembly, integration, and test (AI&T) team
Support OPO Spacecraft AI&T team to provide insight and evaluation of Orion module assembly processes, issue resolutions, and schedules to ensure as-built flight hardware meets design and performance meets plan
Partner with prime contractor and/or international partners to achieve technical and schedule performance commitments for Orion module production
Manage and evaluate technical data for the OPO Hardware AI&T Review process in support of Orion System Acceptance Review (SAR)
Analyze/Evaluate module production flow for schedule risks and opportunities, potential conflicts, and performance metrics to project impacts and initiate mitigations and to identify and influence production process improvements
Coordinate module assembly activities, flight hardware issues, and safety/quality concerns with all OPO functional areas
Maintain awareness of and/or witness daily module assembly activities and provide daily and weekly progress reports to Orion management
Perform independent risk assessments and develop performance metrics to evaluate module production flow
Maintain and expand knowledge of spacecraft components and parts at a technical level necessary to understand, explain, and analyze production operations
Applies engineering techniques and lessons learned to support future operational campaigns
Keeps management informed of work status, and progress in meeting milestones and deadlines, and problems encountered along with resolution
As a team member, provides inputs with clear communication and understanding of performance to plan, risks and other technical, schedule and budgetary impacts
Attends Program panels/boards related to program production decisions
Remains cognizant of new and emerging production opportunities, tools, capabilities, and strategies. Looks for process improvement opportunities