NASA Artemis Generation Space Suit Software Project Lead Houston, TX

Position: NASA Artemis Next Generation Space Suit Software Project Lead Houston, TX, US
## NASA Artemis Next Generation Space Suit Software Project Lead Houston, Texas, United States of America

Job Title:

NASA Artemis Next Generation Space Suit Software Project Lead Job Category:
Engineering Time Type:
Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
None Employee Type:
Regular Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 10%
Type of Travel:
Continental US     
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* The Opportunity:

** The project lead will help rapidly stand up and lead the team in planning, development, integration, verification, certification, and customer coordination for safety-critical, human-rated flight software. This position requires a self-motivated leader with strong communication skills, technical judgment, customer relationship skills, and a servant-leadership mindset. The strongest candidates will be flexible, team-oriented, and able to communicate complex technical ideas clearly and convincingly while sharing our passion for the nation's space program and the development of the next generation of human-rated space vehicles.

This work is performed onsite at NASA/JSC in Houston, Texas, in a highly dynamic environment that is central to human spaceflight and space exploration.
** Responsibilities:
*** Lead and grow a multidisciplinary software team spanning embedded flight software, embedded controller firmware, software test and verification, and software systems engineering for the Artemis Next Generation Space Suit.
* Oversee development of embedded firmware for bare-metal controllers that interface with and support Artemis Next Generation Space Suit software.
* Oversee software test, verification, and integration activities, including development of automated unit, integration, and verification tests.
* Oversee software systems engineering activities including requirements analysis, interface definition, traceability, and verification procedure development.
* Guide software planning, architecture, design reviews, integration, verification, validation, and flight-certification support activities.
* Interface with NASA and space suit designer engineering teams and represent software status, risks, priorities, and trade studies to project leadership and customers.
* Collaborate with engineering teams and contractors across multiple NASA programs and projects.
* Support milestone reviews, technical demonstrations, and customer status reporting.
* Ensure adherence to JSC standard software process practices and sound engineering discipline.
* Drive continuous improvement in tooling, development practices, and team execution.
* Develop staffing plans, assign work, balance priorities, and adjust team focus quickly to meet customer needs, schedule constraints, and changing mission direction.
* Provide day-to-day technical leadership, mentoring, and career development for team members while maintaining a servant-leadership approach.
* Be responsible for team administrative duties including assignments, timecard approval, performance feedback, recruiting support, interviewing, onboarding, and training.
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* Qualifications:

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* Required:

** Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident for access to USG facilities.
* B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline.
* A minimum of 3 years of technical leadership or people-management experience for software development teams; greater experience is highly valued.
* At least 5 years of experience in software development for safety-critical software; experience in aerospace or other mission-critical industries is highly valued.
* Strong C programming skills and experience with Linux-based development environments.
* Experience with automated software testing such as unit, integration, and verification tests.
* Experience managing software projects across the full software development life cycle phases, including planning, requirements, design, implementation, integration, verification, and release readiness.
* Must embrace a servant leadership model in leading the project and serving the customer and team members.
* Experience with recruiting, personnel assignments, team member development, mentoring, and performance feedback.
* Must be flexible, open to new challenges in a dynamic environment, and possess strong technical expertise combined with strong verbal and written communication skills.
* Requires the ability to manage multiple priorities with limited supervision.
* Must be a highly responsible, team-oriented individual with strong work ethic.
* Must have highly developed coordination and organization skills.
* Desired:
** M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related discipline.
* Prior experience leading multidisciplinary software teams that include embedded software, firmware, verification, and systems engineering contributors.
* Experience in human-rated space vehicle flight software for Space Shuttle, International Space…