Project Engineer

Leidos•Houston, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Belong. Connect. Grow. We are a contract of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers and dreamers and we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely. On the Human Health and Performance Contract we are at the forefront of safeguarding astronaut health, ensuring human performance, and advancing technologies for human space exploration. We are seeking a Project Engineer at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX. In this role, you play a pivotal part in the successful execution of projects and delivery of hardware to NASA/JSC in support of exploration missions. Supporting the Space Suit and Crew Survival Systems Branch (EC5), you will develop and verify project requirements, perform development, engineering evaluation, qualification and acceptance testing, certification, delivery, and sustaining of project hardware. You serve as the hardware expert and technical point of contact for the Project Manager within the HHPC Engineering Department.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field and at least 20 years of relevant experience
10 years' experience in development in space hardware design or similar work with Human Landing System or other NASA/JSC exploration programs (e.g. Orion)
Experience with suit engineering or EVA operations
Experience with configuration and data management processes and submitting Change Requests
Experience with manufacturing, test, and troubleshooting of hardware
Experience with root cause analysis and failure investigation

Nice To Haves

Experience in space suit design
Softgoods components fabrication
Testing of suit hardware
Lunar dust mitigation strategies
Troubleshoot hardware assemblies
Test setup
Optimize processes for manufacturing
Perform root cause analysis, failure investigation, risk management, and apply lessons learned.
Comply with KBR’s Safety, Health and Environmental Plan, Quality Plan, and all safety policies and procedures, and complete all assigned training.
Effective communication with the project, other engineers, technical support staff, NASA vendors, and quality engineering
Able to work effectively with minimal supervision
Able to work in a team environment
Able to develop and clearly communicate information to technical forums
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and test space suits and related hardware
Develop and maintain project documentation, including project reports and technical memos
Familiarity with NASA Flight Hardware development requirements and processes
Effective at handling multiple tasks, flexible, and responding quickly to change

Responsibilities

Strategize, Oversee, and Participate in hands-on development activities
Write Task Performance Sheet and Disposition of Discrepancy Reports
Generate, review and understanding engineering drawings
Analyze test results, produce detailed reports, and recommend design improvements
Support Human-In-The-Loop testing
Coordinate multiple highly technical and complex development threads within the context of and in pursuit of the success of larger projects
Distill high-level project goals into discrete project tasks to ensure project successful completion on schedule
Lead and the review of lunar dust mitigation strategies for internal systems and EVA operations, performing contamination control analysis, and helping to develop verification plans for dust-related requirements.
Mentor and lead small teams of engineers