OverviewCurrently there is an exciting opportunity for a Increment Payload Manager to join the team with Barrios, a teammate company.
Responsibilities
The Increment Payload Managerwill:
- Lead efforts to develop, document, coordinate, implement, and manage the program-level utilization plan and requirements for an increment time frame necessary to operate research on-board the International Space Station (ISS)
- Serves as the liaison between NASA's Utilization (OZ) and Mission Integration (OC) Branches. Specifically, the Increment Team to facilitate payload information transfer and coordinate payload planning and execution concerns including major re-plans, anomaly resolution, science priority calls and science loss documentation
- Develop, coordinate inputs and recommendations to program Utilization plans, procedures, schedules, and processes
- Serves as the research plan focal person to the NASA ISS Increment Team and International Partners
- Lead integrated payload/utilization analysis and issue resolution during increment preparation and execution to support decision making regarding document development, flight readiness, flight schedule changes, mission duration inquiries and crew time availability impacts to science completion
- Coordinate and oversee utilization execution in the ISS Management Center (IMC) with the assigned Research Increment Engineers (RIEs) and the Payload Operations Managers (POMs)
- Support the ISS Mission Management Team (IMMT) and Operations Tag-up as the ISS Utilization representative
- Perform feasibility assessments for an increment to determine risk areas and concerns
- Participate in post-flight processes, including but not limited to, development and review of the Post Increment Evaluation Report (PIER), crew debriefs, and lessons learned
- Serves as increment-team integration lead for ISS robotic resources planning, constraints and communications
- Travel on a periodic basis to support program reviews and technical interchange meetings (TIMs)
Qualifications
Required Education/Experience/Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of relevant experience with three (3) years of spaceflight operations and/or integration experience.
- Leadership skills to effectively lead teams that consist of people from other organizations and agencies
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals and target clear and concise message to the appropriate audience
- Strong analytical skills and ability to manage constrained resources and resolve conflicts
- Attention to detail, initiative, and the ability to perform in a fast paced and dynamic environment
- Proficient in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint and able to easily adapt to new tool-sets
Preferences:
- Experience working with the ISS Program Mission Integration & Operations Office, Research Integration Office, or International Partners
- Experience working on the Increment Management Team and/or in the ISS Management Center (IMC)
- Experience working with the Payloads Operations Integration Center (POIC). Experience working in the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) flight planning
- Project management or systems engineering experience
- Knowledge of the ISS Robotics resource planning including the JEM Airlock Cycle and NanoRacks Airlock payload usage
- Knowledge of Python
Essential Requirements
- Must be a U.S. Citizen and successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation.
- Applicant selected may be subject to government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
- Work may involve sitting for extended periods.
- May require lifting and carrying up to 25 lb.
- Must have sufficient mobility to enter areas of test facilities where necessary.
- Generally, an office environment but can involve inside or outside work depending on task.
- Standard office equipment (PC, telephone, fax, etc.)
- Regular attendance in accordance with established work schedule is critical.
- Ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements when required.
- Must be able to work in a team atmosphere.
- Must put forward a professional behavior that enhances productivity and promotes teamwork and cooperation.
- Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.
- Thispositionmayrequiresomecommutingand travelingto other installations as needed.
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