System Engineer

Astrion•Mountain View, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer located at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA. The Systems Engineer will support NASA missions, projects, and technology demonstrations. The Systems Engineer will be responsible for all technical aspects of the project or mission. Working closely with the project managers and technical staff the systems engineer will plan and develop the technical products to ensure project success, meeting the needs, goals and objectives of the customer. The SE will perform various system engineering activities including concept definition, requirements development, tracking measures of performance, risk management, developing and review plans, documentation and contracts.

Requirements

Ability to understand project needs, goals and objectives and translate them into technical solutions
A Bachelor’s degree or higher in systems engineering, engineering, or equivalent technical field
3- 5 years of experience in Systems Engineers or combination of technical area lead and systems engineer
Experience as a technical lead with system-level responsibilities
In-depth familiarity with systems engineering approach, procedures and processes
Must be flexible in adapting to deadlines, changing schedules, competing priorities, and unpredictable events
Thorough, detail oriented, and organized, with excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks
Superb verbal and written communication skills
Familiar with and able to present concepts, data, and recommendations to a diverse audience of project managers, scientists, engineers, and technical staff
Ideal candidate has demonstrated ability to assign work and manage personnel and tasks
Self-motivated and independent thinker
Ability to Pass a Federal Background Check

Nice To Haves

NASA or industry spaceflight experience highly desired
Exceptional customer relationship management highly valued
Understanding of all Mission and Project Phases from Concept to Operations
Experience with Confluence, JIRA and Box an added benefit
Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering a bonus

Responsibilities

Responsible for technical activities, including overall technical development, work tasking, customer satisfaction, and technical performance tracking and reporting.
Technical leadership
Enable cross functional collaboration on diverse team of expertise and skillsets
Requirements management (develop, allocate, track implementation, control changes)
Establishing technical processes, procedures, and templates
Developing a systems engineering and management plan
Requirements verification and validation
Concept of operations development, refinement, and traceability to high level objectives and system requirements
System architecture definition including functional block diagrams and system interfaces
Interface management (define, document, control)
Key Performance Parameters (metrics) definition
Configuration Management
Document Tree definition
Develop integration and test plans
Review technical products for quality, performance, verification and validation
Review major procurements for requirement inclusion
Review contractor deliverables for requirements verification
Risk identification, tracking and mitigation strategies
Project technical schedule development and maintenance
Identify, communicate, and resolve issues
Responsible for monthly, annual, and milestone review technical products and reports
Interface with Government, contractors, and industry partner staff
Tech Transfer documentation development (as needed)
Some travel may be required to support mission and project partners