Systems Engineer, Flight Instrumentation; ES4

Position: Systems Engineer, Flight Instrumentation (ES4)

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Position Description

This opportunity will provide systems engineering and system level integration support to the MSFC Systems Requirements & Verification Branch (EV72) for the Space Launch System (SLS), and to the MSFC Systems Engineering and Integration Division (EV70). The successful candidate will coordinate and interface with multiple engineering disciplines, system elements, and the Lead Systems Engineer, as well as participate in reviews, meetings, working groups, task teams, and trade studies.

The candidate will support the development and assessment of key systems engineering products in the areas of SLS Developmental Flight Instrumentation (DFI) and support program/project milestones and subsequent activities where these products are assessed and matured. Working knowledge of IBM Doors Next Generation (DNG), Cameo System Modeler, or database development and analysis desired.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain systems engineering products associated with Developmental Flight Instrumentation (DFI) requirements and SLS OFI, EFI, and DFI telemetry bandwidth allocations.

Own and maintain systems engineering products supporting criticality assessments of measurement sets mapped to Flight Data Analysis (FDA) tasks and Flight Test Objectives.

Lead multi-element, multidisciplinary task teams in evaluating and dispositioning variances and authoring variance memo notifications for SLS Engineering Flight Instrumentation (EFI) and Developmental Flight Instrumentation (DFI).

Provide technical integration across engineering disciplines, SLS elements, and cross-program organizations, including risk-informed insight and oversight through requirements traceability, technical assessments, and post-flight evaluation activities.

Identify, assess, document, and communicate risks associated with systems engineering products, processes, and interfaces; maintain applicable risk records in the NASA Risk Management System.

Support system level vehicle design trades and analysis necessary to validate the requirements and maintain control of the design baseline.

Qualifications

Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering or related field required. Degree from an ABET-accredited university is preferred. Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a master’s with at least eight total years of relevant experience or a BS with at least ten total years of relevant experience.

The candidate is required to have:

At least eight years of relevant…