Systems Engineer

About the Role

This role is for a Systems Engineer supporting the Systems Engineering Department for the Contract for Organizing Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems (COSMOS), NASA’s next-generation mission operations contract at Johnson Space Center. COSMOS ensures continuity of human spaceflight support through mission control services, advanced training systems, and spacecraft mockups.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate design changes to NASA Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center Systems (MCCS).
• Evaluate requirements/designs and facilitate changes across MCCS hardware and software systems in collaboration with COSMOS and NASA Systems Engineers and Platform/OS Engineers.
• Analyze user requirements, user stories, and operations concepts.
• Perform high-level requirement assessments and facilitate detailed assessments by implementing technical organizations.
• Develop and maintain schedules for work components.
• Create and/or update documentation for design and change instruments.
• Perform post data processing, post data reduction, and data mining.
• Perform system analysis, assessments, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Lead systems architecture design and integration efforts.
• Provide Systems Engineering support to implementing organizations and external customers.
• Develop collaborative ideas within a team setting.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written) for customer interactions.
• Strong initiative, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
• Highly motivated individual willing to learn and apply new concepts, tools, and software.
• Strong personal initiative.
• Good problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong team-building skills across multi-functional areas.
• Proven track record of working under tight deadlines.
• High degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently.
• Well organized with the ability to coordinate, prioritize, and execute multiple tasks simultaneously in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing to work effectively with government and contractor personnel at all levels.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: A Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar technical degree plus 0 – 5 years of related experience.
• Must be able to obtain a NASA Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Badge for NASA credentials.

Desired Skills/Experience

• Understanding of human spaceflight requirements.
• Leadership skills.
• Knowledge of the NASA JSC Mission Control Center subsystems.
• Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITIL workflow toolset.
• Experience across various areas of the systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, and documentation.
• Experience with agile development practices.
• Experience with Office 365 Tools.