What are the responsibilities and job description for the Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Deorbit Vehicle Oversight Engineer position at MbSolutions Inc?
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. Jacobs is 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 Deorbit Vehicle Oversight Engineer to join the team with JETS II Teammate Company, Nexus Solutions.
** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. **
This position 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 the US Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The selected applicant will:
- Certify GN&C system requirements compliance through review of analysis and test reports, including assessment of navigation 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
Requisition Qualifications:
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 from an ABET accredited engineering school and a minimum of 2- 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area
- Experience with orbital mechanics and GN&C principles
- Understanding of entry, descent, landing GN&C principles
- Knowledge in the development of GN&C algorithms and spacecraft system analysis
- Experience with design, verification, testing, and operation of GN&C hardware and software
- Experience with the development of space system requirements and documents
- Strong interpersonal skills to enable successful performance on a collaborative engineering team
- Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision
- Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills
- Ability to work in a team environment consisting of NASA civil servants and contractor employees
- Experience with Microsoft Office products
Requisition Preferences:
- MS in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on GN&C, flight controls, and orbital mechanics
- Experience with spacecraft rendezvous, proximity operations, and capture/docking
- Familiarity with spacecraft docking systems
- Experience with design, verification, testing, and operation of GN&C hardware and software
- Working knowledge of NASA, JSC, and ISS standard practices and requirements (including safety)
- Experience with NASA flight operations and procedures
- Familiarity with NASA/JSC documentation databases and SharePoint sites
- Experience with LINUX, Python, and C/C
- Experience with MATLAB and Simulink toolboxes
- Experience with the NASA Trick simulation architecture and JEOD (JSC Engineering Orbital Dynamics)
- Experience with Git/GitLab version control
