Education: Bachelor's degree or related field
Experience: 12+ years
- Serve as the technical authority and systems engineering lead for all integrated stack configurations within the Lunar Permanence program - Own the definition, documentation, and configuration management of all Boots stack configurations, ensuring accuracy and traceability across all program phases - Develop and maintain integrated stack requirements, ensuring they are properly allocated, tracked, and baselined in the program requirements management tool (Jama Connect) - Partner with the I&T Lead to develop and maintain a comprehensive verification approach for integrated stack requirements, ensuring each requirement has a defined verification method (test, analysis, inspection, or demonstration) - Review and approve integrated stack Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and ensure interface definitions are current, accurate, and reflected in CAD/CREO models - Interrogate and leverage CREO Parametric models to evaluate stack configurations, identify integration risks, and support design trades - Lead configuration-level trade studies to evaluate impacts of design changes across multiple stack variants and recommend disposition - Identify and track integration risks and incompatibilities across stack configurations; develop mitigation strategies and drive resolution across functional teams - Collaborate with vehicle element leads, structural, mechanical, avionics, and GN&C teams to ensure integrated stack performance meets mission requirements across all configurations - Represent the integrated stack in program-level reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, and associated I&T readiness reviews - Mentor and guide junior systems engineers on stack integration principles, verification planning, and configuration management best practices - Drive technical consensus across functional teams on integrated stack decisions, including configuration freezes and change dispositions
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field - 12+ years of experience in systems engineering roles within aerospace, defense, or related industries - Demonstrated experience as a technical lead responsible for multi-element or multi-vehicle system integration - Hands-on experience with configuration management of complex vehicle or system stacks, including managing multiple configuration variants simultaneously - Proficiency with CREO Parametric or equivalent CAD tool, with ability to interrogate and manipulate models to support integration assessments and trades - Experience developing and executing verification and validation (V&V) plans, including mapping requirements to test and analysis methods - Experience working directly with Integration & Test teams to support hardware-in-the-loop testing, stack assembly, and test readiness reviews - Strong background in Interface Control Document (ICD) development and management - Demonstrated ability to drive technical decisions and achieve consensus across large, cross-functional engineering teams - Excellence in technical communication, including presenting complex integration challenges and solutions to senior leadership
- Experience with human spaceflight systems, launch vehicles, or NASA HLS/Artemis program
requirements - Familiarity with GD&T principles and their application to integrated stack mechanical interfaces - Experience with requirement definition and verification management using Jama Connect - Familiarity with NASA systems engineering processes, including NPR 7123.1 - Experience supporting CDR-level technical reviews and associated verification closure activities - Background in one or more analysis disciplines (structural, thermal, GN&C, performance) as applied to integrated vehicle stacks - Experience with system modeling tools and practices - Experience with multi-vehicle docking or mating interface management (e.g., Orion, ISS, else) - Master's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
Base Pay Range for: CO applicants is $160,618.00 - $224,864.85 WA applicants is $169,624.00 - $237,473.25
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