What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Oversight Software Engineer position at Barrios?
Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Oversight Software Engineer
Job Locations
US-TX-Houston
Job ID
2025-2564
Category
Engineering
Overview
Our long-term client relationship with Jacobs has led to a need for a Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Oversight Software Engineer on the Amentum contract at Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX).
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 Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Oversight Software Engineer to join the team
Building on more than four decades of experience in providing innovative integration solutions for government and commercial space programs, Barrios offers an extensive range of engineering, software, and related technology integration services in support of the aerospace community. As a woman-owned and operated small business, we are a people-focused company that supports professional development, while working to ensure that you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Barrios employees actively participate in the growth of the commercial spaceflight industry through our partnerships with companies leading commercial space development, as well as successfully supporting NASA as our primary government customer. Our long history supporting Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the International Space Station, and now Commercial LEO, lays the groundwork for future missions to the Moon through our work on Orion, Gateway, and the Space Launch System.
Responsibilities
The Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Oversight Software Engineer will :
Work on the JETS ISS Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture (RPOC) Team providing technical oversight, program integration, and certification of ISS visiting vehicle Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) systems in support of missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
- Certify GN&C system requirements compliance through review of analysis and test reports, including assessment of sensor performance, trajectory dispersions, and other GN&C parameters.
- Certify fault tolerance safety requirements compliance through review of GN&C related hazard reports and associated verification evidence, including communicating issues to a Safety Review Panel.
- Identify and recommend solutions to GN&C / RPO performance issues.
- Communicate status of compliance reviews to ISS program management.
- Conduct performance assessments on visiting vehicle GN&C data for Program compliance.
- Review Monte Carlo trajectory analyses using independent 6 degrees-of-freedom simulations.
- Provide input to operational products, such as flight rules and on-orbit demonstration plans.
- Provide visiting vehicle's GN&C mission console support during real-time ground monitoring.
- Maintain relationships with a diverse technical team, including personnel from engineering, safety, flight operations, crew office, and visiting vehicle providers.
- Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications
Required Education / Experience / Skills :
Preferred Education / Experience / Skills :
Essential Requirements :
Don't miss out on this great opportunity; for immediate consideration, apply now!
Barrios Technology is a drug-free workplace, which is imperative to the health and safety of all employees and is required as a condition of receiving contracts from federal agencies. Please remember that regardless of the legalization of marijuana in several states, possession and use continues to be illegal under the federal Controlled Substances Act. This includes the use of some CBD products. A post-offer, pre-employment drug test is a condition of employment.
Barrios Technology is an Equal Employment Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and / or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
