Nuclear Space Reactor V&V Systems Engineer - R0161093 Job

The Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED), a primary contractor for NASA since 1989, is comprised of 10 companies and is located at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL.
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Position Description:
The person in this position will provide Systems Engineering, Requirements management, Verification, and Validation (RV&V) coordination, and element/system level integration support to the MSFC Systems Design and Verification Branch (EV72) for support to the Space Reactor-1 Freedom (SR-1) Program and to the MSFC Systems Engineering and Integration Division (EV70)
The successful candidate will coordinate and interface with multiple engineering disciplines, system elements, cross-program elements, and customers, as well as participate in reviews, meetings, working groups, task teams, and trade studies. The candidate will supply leadership and/or support for the development of key systems engineering products including requirements, specifications, support program/project milestones and subsequent activities where these products are assessed and matured. The successful candidate will work with the SR-1 customers/partners from inception to deployment to ensure stakeholder needs are satisfied.
System engineering support to be provided by the candidate includes the following responsibilities:
• Lead and/or support the development of SR-1 element requirements and verification products and ensure compliance with these requirements during development, testing and evaluation of SR-1 sub-elements.
• Provide technical integration with other engineering disciplines, the SR-1 Program element, and cross-program elements, including risk-based insight/oversight through assessment of requirements and verification activities.
• Support the SR-1 Lead Systems Engineer (LSE) and Engineering Discipline Lead Engineers (EDLEs) to evaluate prime contractor deliverables, including assessments of element Detailed Verification Objectives and verification of allocated end item specification requirements.
• Support systems engineering tasks and assessments to support the SR-1 Program through reviews, meetings, working groups, trade studies and development of key systems engineering products to support program milestones.
• Support developing integrated schedules and other tracking mechanisms to manage the work and identify risks and opportunities.
• Support the implementation of Digital Engineering best practices, approaches, techniques, and tools.
• Support requirement verification and validation (V&V) activities including V&V planning, execution, coordination, and integration for system level requirements to assure design compliance.
• Communicate technical issues, risks, best practices and lessons-learned related to products, technical positions, requirement management, and V&V practices and develop integrated schedules and other tracking mechanisms to manage systems engineering tasks.
• Identify, describe, and communicate potential risks related to the products, processes and interactions in the systems engineering processes and document them in the NASA Risk Management System.

A degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering, or a BS degree in a related technical discipline is required. A degree from an ABET accredited institution is preferred. Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a BS degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience in systems engineering and integration, launch vehicle definition, functional design, design integration, requirement verification, and/or requirement validation.
Applicants must have the following required qualifications:
• Ability to function in a self-directed dynamic work environment as an effective team member, willing to assume a leadership role in the SR-1 systems engineering effort.
• Experience in developing systems requirements, verification strategies, and verification planning as well as facilitating the successful completion of verification compliance activities.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering policies and procedures related to verification and experience with using tools/systems to manage verification compliance data.
• Demonstrated experience working across organizational boundaries and engineering disciplines to facilitate and execute program systems engineering tasks and resolve systems integration issues.
• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering executive-level briefings, excellent oral, written, and customer relation skills, and proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Experience with Digital Engineering tools, such as: DOORS Next Generation (DNG), Jira, MagicDraw, or similar tools.
• Must be a US Citizen and have a STAR ID
Applicants should also have one or more of the following desired qualifications:
• Demonstrated experience in effective technical leadership of an engineering team.
• An understanding and knowledge of the current SR-1 program and a working understanding of the SR-1 Element interfaces.
• Knowledge of launch vehicle programmatic planning processes and experience performing oversight of prime candidate hardware production, test, and certification efforts.
• Familiarity with NASA Systems Engineering policies and procedures.
• Familiarity with aerospace vehicles and system design.
• Experience with defining and managing interfaces, interface requirements, and interface verification.
• Certification in Model Based System Engineering (MBSE), particularly Object Management Group® (OMG)-Certified Systems Modeling Professional™ (OSR-1MP™) Certification.

Star ID will be required to obtain access to MSFC.
Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.
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