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We have an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer – Mission Planning for the Orion Program to join the team with Barrios Technology Inc., a teammate company.
** 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. **
As a Systems Engineer for Orion Mission Planning, you will work with NASA JSC Engineering's EX2 Branch and Orion Program Management to define NASA's Orion's mission activities on the moon as part of the Artemis program.
This work may include:
- Work as an Orion Mission Planner and analyst by being responsible for the coordination and technical integration of the Orion spacecraft vehicle performance, limitations, and mission readiness.
- Perform technical integration of cross-system issues, including developing issue resolution plans, determining technical/cost/schedule impacts, and recommending courses of action to minimize impacts to the overall vehicle.
- Coordinate technical engineering integration with other elements for the Orion Program Office, the prime contractor, European Space
- Agency, hardware owners, NASA system managers, and integrated vehicle performance and other centers and programs.
- Participate in Orion Program review boards, technical interchanges, and other technical boards and forums providing expert technical guidance regarding the spacecraft capability and mission design.
- Coordinate with multiple engineering disciplines in support of spacecraft performance and mission planning trade studies.
- Provide a status of technical assistance activities, communicates to Program management and team leads, elevates issues, and recommends mitigations to the Orion Program while communicating with the appropriate systems leads, Technical Authorities and line management.
- Coordinate all activities through the Mission Planning and Analysis Lead.
- Understand mission concept of operations, mission objectives, and spacecraft systems.
- Develop concepts and define future human space exploration vehicles and missions.
- Study future Lunar mission campaigns, evaluating constraints across multiple space vehicles such as Gateway, Orion and HLS.
- Work on requirements definition, flow-down, assessment and verification.
- Work with team members to identify risks, develop risk statements and responses.
- Review documentation for major milestone reviews such as CBR, PDR, CDR, etc.
- Review Hazard Analyses.
- Work on trade studies and participate in stakeholder reviews.
- Work in a team environment.
- Report to the team lead to provide status on progress, issues and requests for support.
- Maintain a professional relationship with the NASA customer, other NASA support contractors and Orion commercial partners.
- Perform other duties as required.