Human Spaceflight Enterprise Systems Director

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, management, and content integration expertise to the team supporting NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate Team for all mission-related activities
• Participate in provider forums for technical discussions where decisions are made related to mission risks, testing/training, requirements, and verifications
• Coordinate, support, and manage the team to support suitable technical evaluations for mission risks and execution of NASA Concepts of Operations
• Review and inform concurrence to provider‑submitted verification documentation
• Identify gaps and risks in provider implementation goals and objectives with regards to mission objectives
• Inform and track mitigations to the risks at the program level(s)
• Provide Technical Authorities (TAs) with the support/assessment to effectively develop recommendations on technical issues and identify emerging issues
• Review provider's verification events and closure notices to ensure hardware meets functional requirements and alignment with mission objectives
• Work with NPD team to deliver high quality deliverables to the NASA customer
• Conduct staff performance reviews and recommend performance improvement, career development, salary and promotion actions; establish staffing needs and recommend reassignments, training, transfers, and other staff deployments; assist other supervisors in evaluation and assignment of staff

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, science, or other applicable STEM areas
• 10 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including experience in systems engineering
• At least 5 years managing NASA contract task orders, with experience in developing statements of work, basis of estimates, and resource allocation
• Experience briefing Center and Agency Management
• Knowledge and understanding of the NASA program life cycle and system engineering processes
• Proven experience in Verification & Validation and Systems Engineering & Integration
• Ability to effectively utilize oral and written communication to express technical concepts and recommendations to personnel at all technical and managerial levels
• Ability to work effectively and quickly in real‑time environments of rapid change, conflicting requirements, and occasional pressure
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers and lead a team of engineers
• Willing to travel domestically
• This position may require the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance