Lunar Operations Training Engineer - III

• Travel expected up to 20% of the time

• Lead project management efforts for training hardware development, providing key input to scope, schedule, budget, and milestones from concept through commissioning.
• Serve as the primary technical and programmatic point of contact between the Mission Operations Training Team and internal/external engineering development teams and vendors.
• Use your technical understanding of spacecraft functions to independently determine and translate training objectives into clear, verifiable technical requirements for mockups, courses, and software.
• Collaborate with key contacts outside your own team (systems engineering, structures, crew systems, avionics, etc.) to ensure training product and hardware designs meet fidelity and functionality requirements.
• Oversee the verification and validation (V&V) of training hardware, ensuring it meets its intended purpose for training effectiveness and human‑in‑the‑loop testing.
• Own operational documentation for your projects, including project plans, interface control documents, test procedures, and operational manuals.
• Own the requirements, development, and execution of spaceflight mission training events using a variety of media including, instructor‑led training, mission rehearsals, and hardware demonstrations.

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience, demonstrating established professional expertise in operations, systems engineering, or project management.
• Demonstrated ownership of projects from requirements definition through delivery, including experience with system-level integration and test activities (e.g., Test Readiness Reviews).
• Ability to work independently on problems of varied scope with minimal oversight, exercising sound technical judgment to resolve issues.
• Highly organized, with a demonstrated ability to self‑manage and execute complex technical projects.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Established professional expertise in understanding and applying engineering fundamentals across the development cycle (requirements, design, fabrication, V&V, and test).
• Demonstrated experience in public speaking, delivering technical instruction, or mentoring junior team members.
• Experience in instructional design or delivering training for high‑consequence operations.
• Experience with the design, build, or operation of human‑interfacing systems, high‑fidelity mockups, simulators, or complex training hardware.
• Experience with human‑in‑the‑loop testing and test procedure development.
• Familiarity with simulation architecture or the software development lifecycle.
• Experience working directly with NASA, other government agencies, or commercial human spaceflight partners.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with CAD file generation and manipulation, especially in Creo

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