Space Suit Project Manager

MbSolutions Inc • Houston, TX

78d

About The Position

The Space Suits Project Manager will perform project management and engineering functions for space suit development, including requirements development, hardware development, manufacturing, assembly, and test. This role involves managing the engineering team for a specific space suit subsystem, providing budgeting, forecasting, and cost estimating, and monitoring cost performance against established company and customer financial goals. The Project Manager will also oversee and develop schedules, procedures, work instructions, and processes, develop risks and risk mitigation plans, and interact frequently with inter-organizational disciplines, NASA System Managers, and operational personnel.

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited engineering school.
• Normally possess 5-10 years of related experience.
• Experience managing and leading engineering teams.
• Experience with financial reporting, including budgeting, forecasting and cost estimating.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and will be expected to effectively interact with customers and management at all levels.
• Ability to coordinate support from a wide range of technical disciplines.
• Ability to work independently and autonomously and track tasks and issues to completion.
• Knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures in the field, such as mechanical and electrical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, material selection, environmental testing, and office software.

Nice To Haves

• Familiar with Johnson Space Center (JSC) organizations, processes, and procedures.
• Prior experience working with Space Suits or other areas of Human Spaceflight.
• Detailed knowledge of vent loop gas flow rates, pressure management, and PLSS outlet CO2 control in closed loop and open loop.
• Detailed knowledge on xEMU selected design goals for each vent loop component, including detailed understanding of each component's design and purpose in the overall vent loop and PLSS design, pressure capabilities, flow rates/delta pressure during flow, and functional operations.
• Understanding of previous vent loop build/manufacturing issues and testing including component checkouts and DVT/TVAC testing.
• Ability to describe the consequences of making various design alterations to the existing xEMU baseline design.
• Detailed knowledge of thermal control and auxiliary thermal control loops including heat removal capabilities, pressures and flow rates, water/loop materials compatibility, issues with extended quiescent periods.
• Detailed knowledge of design trades that led to the selection of xEMU thermal loop component designs.
• Detailed knowledge of hardware design.
• Knowledge of xEMU thermal loop hardware build/manufacturing history including issues encountered and resolution.
• Knowledge of testing including component checkouts and PLSS level DVT/TVAC testing.
• Ability to describe the consequences of making various design alterations to the existing xEMU baseline design.

Responsibilities

• Perform project management and engineering functions for space suit development, including requirements development, hardware development, manufacturing, assembly, and test.
• Manage the engineering team for the specific space suit subsystem.
• Provide budgeting, forecasting and cost estimating.
• Monitor cost performance for their subsystem development against established company and customer financial goals.
• Oversee and develop schedules, procedures, work instructions and process.
• Develop risks and risk mitigation plans for rollup into the higher-level risk system.
• Interact frequently with inter-organizational disciplines, NASA System Managers, and operational personnel.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees