Aerospace Engineer, AST, Aerospace Flight Systems (Direct Hire)

Summary

As the System Engineering Lead within the Applied System Engineering Branch at Johnson Space Center, you will play a pivotal role in providing essential systems engineering leadership for space flight missions, encompassing payloads, vehicles, and government-furnished equipment. You will serve as the lead systems engineer for projects, steering teams towards the creation of development life cycle artifacts and ensuring the delivery of exceptional systems.

Requirements

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NASA utilizes OPM-approved qualification and rating requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA’s unique aerospace work. The specific qualifications and minimum education requirements are further described below and within the education section of the job announcement. To qualify for GS-13, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level: Implementing system engineering and integration activities such as conducting a trade study and developing Concept of Operations (ConOps), Systems Requirements Document (SRD), Verfication and Validation (V&V) Plans, and Flight Certifications Plans; Utilizing system engineering processes and standards to develop flight hardware; Supporting multi-discipline or cross-center teams to provide systems engineering for programs and projects. To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Overseeing system engineering and integration activities such as conducting a trade study and developing Concept of Operations (ConOps), Systems Requirements Document (SRD), Verification and Validation (V&V) Plans, and Flight Certifications Plans; Guiding the development of flight hardware and software utilizing system engineering processes and standards; Directing multi-discipline or cross-center teams to provide systems engineering support for programs and projects.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

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