System Engineering for Portable Crew Device

Mclaurin Aerospace • Houston, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Mclaurin is hiring a Systems Engineer to support NASA's JETS II contract team at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The role provides systems engineering services for integrating the Orion Portable Crew Device (PCD) System, consisting of approximately 15 devices, with the HLS project office and HLS vendors. The engineer will also coordinate with the Moon Base Program and Orion Project Office, which is leading PCD device selection and certification.

The position supports engineering project planning and documentation, requirements and verification activities, product life cycle reviews, system architecture analyses, and integration, testing, and operations for flight hardware. The engineer will coordinate with customers and project teams, contribute to reviews and Orion Con-Ops development, and help identify and respond to project risks. The role is onsite in Building 44 at NASA Johnson Space Center; telework is available only situationally.

Candidates must be U.S. citizens and able to pass a comprehensive security background investigation. Mclaurin describes itself as an organization combining research and industry and supporting research, publication, and engagement with the academic community.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and normally 5–10 years of related experience; license or certification may be required.
• 10 years of relevant systems engineering experience.
• Must work onsite in Building 44; telework is situational only.
• Knowledge and understanding of systems engineering and integration processes, methodologies, tools, and technologies, including model-based systems engineering.
• Knowledge of test principles, tools, and processes needed to develop test requirements.
• Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in space hardware, including mechanical and electrical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, and material selection.
• Ability to prepare written documents and present verbally at meetings.
• Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision.
• Experience working in a team environment.
• Good communication and organizational skills and ability to work in a team environment.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to pass a comprehensive security background investigation.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of flight hardware and/or flight processes and paperwork.
• Experience with NASA processes, including EA-023.
• Knowledge and experience with DOORS Next Generation.

Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering services to support integration of the Orion PCD System with the HLS project office and HLS vendors.
• Coordinate with the Moon Base Program and Orion Project Office on PCD system devices.
• Support engineering flight project schedules, procurement documentation, budgets, and system requirements documents.
• Develop and support sub-project requirement and verification data packages for architecture requirements, design, verification and validation, operations, and sustaining engineering.
• Conduct product life cycle reviews and coordinate integration, verification, and validation activities.
• Align requirements with hardware specifications and understand the associated verification activities.
• Perform systems engineering functions and provide user feedback during the design process.
• Work with ground testing and flight operations testing of hardware, including end-item documentation.
• Review verification and validation reports to verify compliance with requirements.
• Participate in and contribute to system requirements reviews, preliminary design reviews, and critical design reviews.
• Contribute to development of Orion Con-Ops.
• Perform and review system-level architecture trade studies and analyses that influence overall electrical design and performance.
• Participate in testing, verification, and operation of as-built hardware.
• Work with team members and leads to identify risks, develop risk statements, and plan risk responses.
• Present schedules and progress to customers.
• Perform other duties as required.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Positive work-life balance.
• Employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• 11 paid holidays annually.
• Generous paid time off.
• 401(k) after 12 months of service with employer match.
• Education assistance.
• Relocation assistance, if applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level