Senior Project Engineer, Safety and Mission Assurance Programs

Senior Project Engineer
- Safety and Mission Assurance Programs

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation's space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you'll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators.

Join us and take your place in space.

Building on The Aerospace Corporation's reputation as a trusted, impartial advisor with integrity and dedication to mission success, the Civil Systems Group (CSG) combines deep technical expertise with market-leading innovation to help our customers solve complex systems engineering and integration challenges. CSG is organized by core customer-facing lines of business to manage and grow programs within NASA, NOAA, and the NNSA, while extending our capabilities to other civilian federal government agencies fully integrated within Aerospace rules, regulations, processes, values, and behaviors.

We are looking for a Senior Project Engineer
- Safety and Mission Assurance Programs (Senior Project Engineer
- Engineering Program Management & Systems Engineering). This position will support various NASA programs integrating activities and serving in various program office roles. Artemis Program provides agency leadership for the development, analysis, integration, and implementation of human spaceflight architectures, mission plans, operational activities and spacecraft/surface system definitions. In this role, you will coordinate and collaborate across Artemis transportation to develop and address matters for inflight, orbital and surface operations.

The selected candidate will be required to work part-time on-site at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop and implement safety policy and requirements for element hardware, payloads and operations, integration of hardware/software, and assure compliance with NASA program safety requirements.
• Provide recommendations to senior-level Program management on hazard and safety analyses, risk assessments, and evaluate operations to ensure compliance with approved S&MA requirements to minimize operational risk.
• Continuously monitor open work related to flight readiness.
• Participate in NASA, Artemis, Human Landing System and Orion Program forums.
• Develop periodic status reports and presentations.
• Develop special reports/discussions of findings, issues, conclusions, recommendations, and risk assessments.
• Formulate recommendations to senior-level program management.
• Continuously monitor, capture, and integrate S&MA/Risk information across multiple programs, NASA centers, and commercial providers.
• Serve as a highly proactive technical specialist, understanding issues and formulating options/recommendations, while working closely with the program S&MA team and across other offices, teams, working groups, and panels
• Identify and initiate next level analysis as needed supporting hazard abatement process for hardware and software.
• Coordinate requirements, technical objectives, interfaces, standards, issues and findings with subject matter experts and collaborators.
• Perform other duties for the customer as required.

What You Need to be Successful – Senior Project Engineer
- Engineering Program Management & Systems Engineering

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or another related STEM discipline
• 10 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including experience in a systems engineering and/or program management environment
• Knowledge and understanding of the NASA program life cycle
• Ability to effectively use oral and written communication to express technical concepts and recommendations to personnel at all technical and managerial levels
• Ability to work in a quick-paced, small core team that leads technical discussions across a large technical community and influences…