Chief Project Manager - Suits

Overview

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a diverse team to make a difference? We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people worldwide. Join us to envision, shape, and deliver systems enabling space exploration while benefiting people on Earth. We are excited about what we do and seek you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration, as NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working with NASA centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Chief Project Manager - Suits to join the team. The Chief Project Manager will aid the development/redesign, certification, acceptance and delivery of Suits flight hardware. Hardware will be used across multiple programs (ISS/Orion/Gateway). The CPM is responsible for the ISS/Orion/Gateway customer projects in Suits under the Crew and Thermal System Division (CTSD) at JSC, coordinating closely with the Division Technical Manager (DTM) and reporting to NASA in this developing area.

We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, there is no assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and interviews.

• Lead project management and engineering efforts across all JETS Suit project teams in the design, analysis, development, delivery, and deployment of flight hardware and systems.
• Build a capable, cooperative, and supportive team for the development, manufacturing, testing, certification, and sustaining engineering of major Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) end items for ISS, Orion, and Gateway engineering projects.
• Mentor Project Management (PM) and project team personnel in critical thinking, decision making, and behaviors to improve project effectiveness and create high-performing teams.
• Apply Project Management processes and tools in the development, sustainment or operation of human-rated flight hardware or systems.
• Direct and hold accountable matrix organizations in the requirements development, design, manufacturing, testing, and certification of flight hardware.
• Plan and execute hardware troubleshooting to investigate issues within flight hardware, development or qualification test articles, or test support hardware.
• Review and evaluate the quantity, quality, and overall adequacy of results and conclusions drawn from accomplishment of engineering tasks.
• Select and apply engineering techniques and procedures to analyze and evaluate specific problems, data, or other features of the work which are broad in scope and complexity.
• Define, communicate and mitigate project and program risks and opportunities.
• Address project problems in a timely and straightforward manner.
• Establish a healthy project environment.
• Foster strong, healthy customer relationships.
• Coordinate and support flight hardware products and systems development phases, through design, procurement, fabrication, test, data analysis, certification, and flight/mission delivery.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and normally possess 5-10 years of related experience.
• BS degree in engineering or an equivalent STEM field from an accredited engineering school and a minimum of fourteen (14) years of direct engineering experience, or an MS degree from an accredited engineering school and twelve (12) years of direct engineering experience with proven project management experience.
• Position requires close coordination with NASA Branch Managers, NASA Project Managers, NASA SEI Managers, Artemis and Gateway Subsystem Managers, ISS Subsystem SMEs, ISS/Orion program representatives, and JETS management. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must.
• Requires demonstrated leadership skills as evidenced by prior leadership experience involving either NASA flight hardware or sustaining engineering.
• Extensive experience with…