Nuclear Propulsion Systems Engineer

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Position Description

The person in this position will provide Systems Engineering, Requirements management, Verification, and Validation (RV&V) coordination, and system level integration support to the MSFC Systems Design and Verification Branch (EV72) for support to the Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP) Office, and to the MSFC Systems Engineering and Integration Division (EV70).

The successful candidate will coordinate and interface with multiple engineering disciplines, system elements, cross-program elements, and customers, as well as participate in reviews, meetings, working groups, task teams, and trade studies. The candidate will supply leadership and / or support for the development of key systems engineering products including requirements specifications, support program / project milestones and subsequent activities where these products are assessed and matured. The successful candidate will work with the SNP customers / partners from inception to deployment to ensure stakeholder needs are satisfied.

System engineering support to be provided by the candidate includes the following responsibilities :

• Lead and / or support development of SNP requirements and verification products and ensure compliance with these requirements during development, testing and evaluation of SNP components.
• Provide technical integration with other engineering disciplines, the SNP Program, and cross-program elements, including risk-based insight / oversight through assessment of requirements and verification activities.
• Support the SNP Lead Systems Engineer (LSE) and Engineering Discipline Lead Engineers (EDLEs) to evaluate prime contractor deliverables, including assessments of element Detailed Verification Objectives and verification of allocated end item specification requirements.
• Perform systems engineering tasks and assessments to support the SNP Program through reviews, meetings, working groups, trade studies and development of key systems engineering products to support program milestones.
• Develop integrated schedules and other tracking mechanisms to manage the work and identify risks and opportunities.
• Implement Digital Engineering best practices, approaches, techniques, and tools.
• Provide support for requirement V&V including V&V planning, execution, coordination, and integration for system level requirements to assure design compliance.
• Communicate technical issues, risks, best practices and lessons-learned related to products, technical positions, requirement management, and V&V practices and develop integrated schedules and other tracking mechanisms to manage systems engineering tasks.

A degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering, or a BS degree in a related technical discipline is required. Degree from an ABET accredited institution is preferred. Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a BS degree with at least 15 years of relevant experience in systems engineering and integration, launch vehicle definition, functional design, design integration, launch vehicle performance analyses, flight evaluation planning, requirement verification, and / or requirement validation.

Applicants must have the following required qualifications :

Applicants should also have one or more of the following desired qualifications :

Essential Functions

Work Environment :

General office environment (100%). Requires ability to provide clear, concise, accurate and timely communication, both verbally and in writing (100%). Requires ability to interact professionally with co-workers, management, and client (100%). Requires travel in the domestic USA (

Physical Requirements :

Requires sitting for extended periods of time in meetings with peers, management, and with our client at NASA facilities to discuss technical issues (10%). Also, requires sitting for extended periods of time at a desk to write reports and perform engineering tasks (80%). Requires ability to use stairs or elevators for access between floors and multiple buildings at NASA and our facilities (

Equipment and Machines :

Requires ability to operate a personal computer, a telephone, fax machine, copier, calculator, and other general office equipment (100%).

Attendance :

Normal workday is from 7 : 30 a.m. through 4 : 30 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Minimal overtime may be required (10%) to meet schedule milestones and to support technical demands of the job. Regular attendance is a necessity and adequate arrangements for delegating duties during absences are required.

Other Essential Functions :

The ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and to make rational decisions, and to exercise good judgment is essential (100%). Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk / hazard to the employee or others.

Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.

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