xEVA Integrated Test & Facilities (ITF) Test Lead

The Aerospace Corporation•Houston, TX

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Aerospace Corporation’s Civil Systems Group (CSG) supports complex systems engineering and integration challenges for NASA, NOAA, NNSA, and other civilian federal agencies. Within the Exploration Extravehicular Activity (xEVA) program, the Integrated Testing and Facilities (ITF) team integrates multidisciplinary, cost-effective, targeted testing to support program development and safe, successful extravehicular activities. ITF coordinates the preparation, planning, and execution of development and verification and validation (V&V) testing, and works with facility owners to prepare facilities for evolving Artemis and xEVA test needs. The ITF Test Lead provides programmatic and integrated test-team oversight, maintaining accountability for test planning, execution, and reporting. The role coordinates test teams, hardware and facility support, resources, schedules, test readiness reviews, risk management, test updates, and post-test analysis and reporting. The position is full-time and based at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, under a hybrid work model requiring four regular onsite workdays, with remote flexibility as business needs allow.

Requirements

Eight or more years of relevant work experience.
Experience with V&V test planning and execution, preferably in a variety of facilities and environments.
Experience with flight hardware certification.
Proven experience managing teams.
Excellent communication skills.
Experience negotiating and resolving issues and disagreements.
Familiarity with the NASA Certificate of Flight Readiness (CoFR) process.
Intermediate-level project management.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in engineering, science, or another applicable STEM area.
Extensive experience performing or leading V&V activities for NASA missions.
Knowledge of lunar surface systems, including spacesuits and landers.
Strong foundation in test planning, execution, and reporting for space systems.
Experience integrating and coordinating international partners and commercial vendors.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Responsibilities

Provide programmatic and integrated test-team oversight to ensure overall test success and alignment with Artemis and xEVA priorities and approved sponsor scope.
For V&V testing, ensure test plans and procedures address relevant requirements.
Supervise test planning, oversee test execution, and manage post-test reporting.
Collaborate with other programs’ test-planning personnel for cross-program testing.
Form test teams for each test series, including requestors, subject-matter experts, hardware experts, facility representatives, and other needed participants, including NASA commercial services providers.
Assign test-product development and test-execution roles to team members while retaining accountability.
Coordinate hardware and facility team support and ensure requested resources meet customer needs and are ready for use.
Prepare and conduct the Test Readiness Review (TRR), coordinating its schedule and required board members with the Test Director or facility representative.
Manage test-documentation development, lead the TRR presentation, and ensure closure of review actions.
Track test-planning and execution progress and provide updates to EHP.
Provide updates to the Integrated Test Team Working Group and ITF Panel, and communicate significant issues to sponsoring organizations and xEVA management.
Create, baseline, and own the test-series schedule, including product milestones, preparation, test-subject training, test events, and reporting.
Manage test constraints, risks, issues, and mitigations.
Oversee test execution and manage test observers and access.
Ensure test subjects understand test objectives, their roles, and expectations.
Provide daily test-status updates during execution and notify xEVA management of issues.
Generate and coordinate team inputs to lessons learned, provide Quick Look presentations to the ITF Panel, and ensure documentation of test configuration, protocol, and data-analysis products in the test report.
Approve readiness of post-test analysis, lessons learned, and the final test report for release; ensure export-control review, DQA, and incorporation as an xEVA-managed product.

Benefits

Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options.
401(k) plan with company-paid benefits of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service, plus matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested upon hire.
Flexible spending accounts.
Variable pay program for exceptional contributions.
Relocation assistance.
Professional growth and development programs.
Education assistance programs.
Inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.