Systems Engineer - ECTS

Amentum•Houston, TX

8h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Systems Engineer - ECTS within ERC, a teammate company working with NASA's largest engineering solutions provider. The role involves supporting NASA's deep space exploration efforts by contributing to the planning, development, and maintenance of requirements and verification plans. The Systems Engineer will prepare materials for system life cycle phasing, including SRR, PDR, and CDR. They will also identify and manage risks, perform system-level architecture trade studies, and utilize requirements management software. The position requires creating and managing requirements, defining interfaces, and working collaboratively in a team environment with NASA customers and other contractors. Support for system testing and other assigned tasks is also expected.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 5 years or more of related experience; or 2 years of related experience with a related master's degree.
Experience leading technical teams.
Experience designing and leading complex system development which includes both hardware and software configuration items.
Experience leading development projects.
Knowledge of the systems engineering process.
Knowledge of the system lifecycle.
Knowledge of the systems development lifecycle to include hardware and software development process.
Understanding of the space system certification process.
Understanding of Design for Sustainment methodology.
Excellent written and verbal communication across multiple disciplines.
Knowledge and work experience in a Systems Engineering role in a NASA, DoD, or Aerospace environment.
Experience with requirements management, verification and validation definition and execution, design trades, risk analysis, and system analysis of space hardware.
Experience with the concept development, concept of operation and operational concept definition, architecture definition, verification, testing, and operation of space hardware.
Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various meetings.
Familiarity with SharePoint and Microsoft Office products.
Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.

Nice To Haves

INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional certification.
Basic knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures in the space hardware field, such as mechanical and electrical system, engineering drawings and sketches, material selection, and design software and tools.
Experience with NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes.
Working knowledge of NASA, JSC, and ISS standard practices and requirements including safety, fault tolerance, and unique disciplines.
Familiarity with NASA/JSC documentation databases and share point sites as well as typical systems engineering software products.
Experience in technical or team leadership roles.

Responsibilities

Be responsible for the planning, development, review, and maintenance of requirements and verification plans.
Prepare materials for the system life cycle phasing, including SRR (System Readiness Review), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR).
Work with team members to identify risks, develop risk statements, and to help them plan risk responses.
Perform and review system level architecture trade studies and analyses that will influence the overall system design and performance.
Utilize a requirements management software and systems engineering tool such as DOORS, Cradle or Jama.
Create and manage requirements for various projects – including flow down from NASA Program to contractor Project through verification closeout as well as interface definition between subsystems.
Work in a team environment and report to the team lead to provide status on progress and raise issues.
Maintain a professional relationship with the NASA customer and other NASA support contractors.
Support and/or participate in system testing.
Perform other tasks assigned.