Position Title

Requirements Engineer

Status

Full Time

Job Summary

This position is located in Huntsville, Alabama

This opportunity will provide systems engineering and system level integration support to the

MSFCSystems Requirements and Verification Branch (EV73) for the Space Launch System (

SLS), and to the

MSFCSystems Engineering and Integration Division (EV70).

The successful candidate will coordinate and interface with multiple engineering disciplines, system elements, and the Lead Systems Engineer, as well as participate in reviews, meetings, working groups, task teams, and trade studies. The candidate will supply support for the development and maintenance of key systems engineering products including concept of operations, system requirements, assessments, and post-flight evaluation products, and support program/project milestones, and subsequent activities where these products are assessed and matured.

Essential Job Duties

• Specific support that will be provided and performed by the candidate includes:
• Support the development of key systems engineering products to include the Concept of Operations and Mission-Specific Requirements, as well as assessing and documenting the design and matching of design to missions, verification of mission-specific requirements, and analyses to support program/project milestones and the subsequent activities where these products are assessed and matured.
• Provide technical integration with other engineering disciplines, SLSelements and cross-program elements, including risk-based insight/oversight through traceability and assessment of requirements and post flight evaluation activities.
• Support system level vehicle design trades and analysis necessary to validate the requirements and maintain control of the design baseline.
• Provide support for requirement VandV including VandV planning, execution, coordination, and integration for system level requirements to assure design compliance.
• Identify, describe, and communicate potential risks related to the products, processes and interactions in the systems engineering processes and document them in the NASARisk Management System.

General office environment (90%), lab environment (10%). Requires ability to provide clear, concise, accurate and timely communication, both verbally and in writing (100%). Requires ability to interact professionally with coworkers, management, and client (100%). Requires travel in the domestic

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Qualifications (Education, Experience and Specialized Training)

• Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering or related field required
• Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a masters with at least eight total years of relevant experience or a BS with at least ten total years of relevant experience
• Degree from an ABETaccredited university is preferred

Physical Demands

• Requires sitting for extended periods of time in meetings with peers, management, and with our client at NASAfacilities to discuss technical issues (10%).
• Also, requires sitting for extended periods of time at a desk to write reports and perform engineering tasks (80%).
• Requires ability to use stairs or elevators for access between floors and multiple buildings at NASAand Jacobs facilities (10%).

Equipment and Machines

• Requires ability to operate a personal computer, a telephone, fax machine, copier, calculator, and other general office equipment (10()%).

Skills and Attributes

• At least eight years of relevant experience in systems engineering and integration, requirements management, system architecture definition, functional design, and design integration.
• Demonstrated experience working across organizational boundaries and engineering disciplines to identify requirements and resolve vehicle/pro ulsion systems integration issues.
• Excellent oral, written, and customer relation skills, and be proficient using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

Personnel are required to be self-directed, effective team players familiar with working in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment who are willing to assume lead roles in the

SLSrequirements management, verification, and validation planning eff01t.

Desired skills and experience:

• The presence of one or more of these qualifications will be used as distinguishing factors in selecting applicants:
• An understanding and knowledge of the current SLSprogram and a working understanding of the SLSElement interfaces.
• Experience in requirements development and maintenance through relational database management and an understanding of Model Based Systems Engineering ( MBSE).
• Familiarity with NASASystems Engineering policies and procedures related to verification and have experience using tools/systems to manage verification compliance data.
• Experience in developing verification strategies, verification planning, and facilitating the successful completion of verification compliance activities.
• Knowledge of launch vehicle programmatic planning processes and experience performing oversight of prime contractor hardware production, test, and certification efforts.

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