Propulsion Engineer
US Citizen / Permanent Resident
Aerospace/Spacecraft Experience
Onsite in Houston Texas - No remote is available
- Serve as the Chemical Propulsion Refueling Lead acting as the cross-project point of contact for the Gateway Integrated Refueling Circuit which implements the Refueling architecture.
- Lead the Gateway Refueling Working Group, involving planning agenda topics related to current, and forward risks, issues, and challenges.
- Develop a detailed understanding of the Gateway Refueling Requirements Document and apply working knowledge to lead domestic and international partners in technical discussions on requirement compliance.
- Lead the development and implementation of the Gateway Refueling Concept of Operations.
- Assist the System Manager in the development of Flight Rules and operational constraints related to Flight operations of the Gateway Station.
- Communicate mission baseline, mission risk, and issues to mission management teams, across a variety of NASA and commercial partnership leadership.
- Travel to commercial partners facilities, both domestic and international, for insight/oversight of critical operations and other mission essential technical meetings.
- Lead presentations and discussions with other discipline sub-systems and working groups related to chemical propulsion refueling needs and designs.
Qualification
- Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and normally possess 5-10 years of related experience.
- Spacecraft propulsion experience with a focus on fluid and mechanical aspects
- Experience in the design, assembly, testing, certification, and operation of space propulsion systems and components
- Experience coordinating space propulsion systems requirements verification and validation between multiple organizations
- Basic knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in the field, such as mechanical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, material selection, testing, and office software
- Excellent organizational skills, oral and written communication skills, and the ability to coordinate support from a wide range of technical disciplines
- Confident in knowledge and experience, and able to discuss propulsion topics with subject matter experts
- Experience with NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes
- 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
- Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various high level meetings
Requisition Preferences:
- Familiar with JSC organizations, processes, and procedures
- Experience with NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes
- Experience with requirements management, verification and validation definition and execution, design trades, risk analysis, and system analysis of space hardware
- 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
- Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency may be a requirement for this position.
- Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.