Systems Engineer, NASA CART

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need 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 together with NASA at centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for a
Systems Engineer, NASA CART to join the team with Intuitive Machines, a teammate company.

The Systems Engineer supports the CART initiative under the JETS II contract, providing systems engineering support to the Lead Systems Engineer (LSE) and Project Manager (PM). The Systems Engineer will play a key role in ensuring technical execution aligns with program goals, cost, and schedule, while contributing to the development, integration, and verification of complex systems supporting NASA's human spaceflight programs.

The ideal candidate will have experience in requirements development, systems integration, and verification planning, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines and technical teams. This role is well-suited for an engineer who thrives in a dynamic, multi-project environment supporting mission-critical NASA systems.

• Support the Lead Systems Engineer in the development and maintenance of system requirements, verification matrices, concept of operations, requirements documents and interface control documents (ICDs).
• Assist the Project Manager and LSE with technical execution, milestone tracking, and integration planning.
• Participate in design reviews, technical interchange meetings (TIMs), and readiness reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.).
• Support requirements decomposition, allocation, and traceability through configuration and data management systems.
• Contribute to the development of verification and validation procedures, ensuring test plans align with program objectives.
• Perform trade studies, system analyses, and technical assessments under direction of the LSE.
• Document and communicate technical risks, issues, and mitigations to the project leadership team.
• Work collaboratively across mechanical, electrical, software, and operations teams to ensure cohesive system integration.
• Support implementation of modern systems engineering practices and process improvements within the project team.

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 3–7 years of experience in systems engineering, integration, or related engineering discipline.
• Understanding of systems engineering fundamentals including requirements management, verification/validation, and configuration control.
• Experience working in a structured engineering environment (NASA, aerospace, defense, or comparable).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to government contract requirements.

• Experience supporting NASA programs, projects or comparable government engineering contracts, specifically Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility (EHP), Moon 2 Mars (M2M), Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) and Human Landing Systems (HLS)
• Experience supporting NASA programs or other federal engineering contracts.
• Familiarity with NASA systems engineering standards (NPR 7123.1, NPR 7150.2, etc.).
• Experience using…