Senior Cross-Program Integration Engineer

Our Company•Marshall Space Flight Center, AL

About The Position

Cepeda Systems and Software Analysis is seeking a Senior Cross-Program Integration Engineer to provide engineering integration services for NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) Program at Marshall Space Flight Center. The role supports integration across Artemis mission elements and programs, including SLS, Orion, and xEVA. The engineer coordinates operations and hardware capability definition, requirements development, verification planning, technical assessments, and resolution of cross-program integration issues. The position may also involve preparing and coordinating interface documentation, supporting reviews and boards, and facilitating exchanges of data, hardware, and software.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or science field.
At least 8 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 5 years of experience.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Understanding of vehicle systems definition, functional requirement development, and/or design integration.
Ability to break down complex problems or issues into manageable pieces to facilitate resolution of technical concerns.
Experience reading and working with engineering drawings, interface control documents, configuration documents, or other technical documentation.
Excellent oral, written, interpersonal, customer relations, and presentation skills.
Experience negotiating and coordinating top-level interface or integration agreements.
Understanding of NASA systems engineering policies and procedures, and familiarity with the Artemis Program.

Responsibilities

Coordinate operations and hardware capability design definition, requirements development, and verification planning for proposed systems.
Work with Level 2 and Level 3 teams to ensure requirements and integration aspects are defined, negotiated, and documented.
Coordinate with Artemis Programs on operations definition, analysis-cycle data, function- or requirement-specific assessments, issue resolution, and integration Ground Rules and Assumptions.
Coordinate with analysis teams, including loads and environments teams, on mission-unique analyses, particularly those related to visiting-vehicle interaction.
Identify design options and lead or support functional architecting and functional analyses.
Assess proposed internal and external interactions, requirements, planning, and execution to understand impacts from external design and product development or updates.
Generate and coordinate Interface Requirement Document (IRD) and Interface Control Document (ICD) content as needed to ensure complete integration of requirements.
Serve as Change Package Engineer as needed, facilitating reviews of interface or related documentation, including presentations at working groups, forums, and boards.
Facilitate cross-program exchanges of data, hardware, and software.