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The Mission Systems Operations Contract (MSOC) has an excellent opportunity for an experienced System Engineer to join our SVMF Systems Engineering & LOE (SE & LOE) team within the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF) Services Section.
The SVMF SE & LOE team consists of engineers specializing in the Planning and Design, Implementation, Integration, and Installation and Deployment of Space Vehicle and System Mockups into the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF). The applicant will join the SVMF SE & LOE team within a dynamic team environment and will be responsible for working with the NASA customers, External vendors, Astronaut Crew Instructor teams, Mockup Managers, users, and commercial and international partners to capture and negotiate requirements and operations concepts and then drive those change requests through the Systems Engineering lifecycle.
Our ideal Systems Engineer candidate will have a strong drive to apply and continually update his/her skill base.
The applicant will ensure that the team is working closely with MSOC Platform/OS, Software, and Security Engineers, System Testers, and Project Managers to facilitate changes across the SVMF hardware and software systems. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, are required for stakeholder interactions. Strong initiative, organization, teamwork, and problem-solving skills are also required.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Perform SE duties (as required), including the following:
- Develop CR requirements and designs by working with the customer, users, Mockup Managers, and engineers to effectively analyze user requirements, user stories, and operations concepts.
- Perform high level requirement assessments and facilitate the detailed assessments performed by the MSOC technical organizations.
- Create and/or update documentation for design and change instruments.
- Perform 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 the MSOC implementing organizations.
- Communicate inward to the MSOC organization and outward to customer contacts.
QUALIFICATIONS:
This position requires successful completion of a government background check to access government facilities and systems.
This is NOT a Remote Work position.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Requires BS in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or other engineering-based technical degree and appropriate certifications plus 5 – 7 years of related experience.
- REQUIRED SKILLS:
- The ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to professionally represent the MSOC organization.
- Highly motivated individual willing to learn and apply new concepts, tools, and software.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially with other organizations.
- Strong personal initiative.
- Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a team setting.
- Demonstrated experience across various areas of the systems engineering lifecycle including requirement analysis, design, and documentation.
- Leadership skills. Proven ability to provide technical coordination to a small team of engineers to meet project goals.
- DESIRED SKILLS:
- Understanding of human spaceflight requirements.
- Knowledge of the NASA JSC MCC, Mission Training Center, and SVMF subsystems.
- Knowledge of IT systems (hardware, software, networks), applications and the people who use them.
- Understanding of IT Security policies.
- Understanding of network and system architectures and means of detecting IT security issues during system development and integration.
- Familiarity with system Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RMA) concepts and implementations.
- Familiarity with the software development lifecycle and agile development practices, including Agility.
- Experience with requirements management tools, particularly DOORS.
- Experience with ServiceNow or a similar ITIL workflow toolset.
- Experience with use of Microsoft Office suite of applications.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
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