Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Orion Systems Engineer to join the team with Barrios, a teammate company!

Responsibilities

The Orion Systems Engineer will:

• Provide enterprise level leadership for test, planning, development, review, and maintenance of requirements and verification architectures, establishing approaches that influence multiple programs.
• Shape and guide system lifecycle strategy across major technical reviews, operating at the mission architecture level and influencing decision making with NASA and commercial partners.
• Anticipate and identify technical, programmatic, and organizational risks; develop strategic risk frameworks; and coach teams in robust risk planning and execution.
• Lead mission level architecture trade studies and analyses that influence system verification design across hardware, software, and operations domains.
• Guide the enterprise strategy for the use of requirements and systems engineering tools (DOORS, Cradle, Jama, MBSE toolchains), promoting modernization and integration across programs.
• Define and oversee requirements strategies, flow-down methodologies, and interface architectures across multiple projects, enabling efficient verification closure and cross-team coordination.
• Operate as a peer technical authority to program leadership, providing independent technical insight, resolving complex issues, and shaping long term technical direction.
• Maintain and elevate strategic relationships with NASA executives, commercial customers, and partner organizations, proactively identifying capability gaps and positioning Barrios to address them.
• Define system test and verification philosophies and strategies across efforts, ensuring alignment with program level verification and validation objectives.
• Proactively identify enterprise-wide capability needs and lead cross-organizational initiatives, process improvements, and innovative investments.
• Perform additional high impact assignments that build institutional knowledge and advance Barrios’ engineering and verification integration capabilities.

Qualifications

Required Education/Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution, plus fifteen (15) years of systems engineering experience with recognized authority across multiple domains.
• Demonstrated subject matter authority in systems engineering processes including requirements, architecture, design, integration, and verification/validation of complex systems.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence executive level engineering decisions and articulate technical differentiation to customers and business development organizations.
• Experience mentoring and developing L3 and L4 engineers, operating at a coaching and capability building level.
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary teams and cross program initiatives, including technical direction, partnerships, toolset decisions, and capability investments.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and strong familiarity with enterprise engineering toolsets.

 

Preferences:

• Experience supporting Human Space Exploration programs (ISS, Orion, Commercial LEO, or similar) at a mission architecture enterprise verification and integration level.
• Familiarity with NASA, DoD, and aerospace lifecycle and review processes, with ability to engage effectively at executive and chief engineer levels.
• Experience driving adoption of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), SysML 2.0, and digital engineering methodologies across programs.
• Demonstrated leadership in architecture, development, and integration of complex hardware/software systems.
• Experience guiding design, assembly, verification, testing, and operation of space hardware; recognized for depth of institutional knowledge in flight hardware development.
• Expertise in concept development, CONOPS, architecture definition, and V&V strategy at the organizational scale.
• Deep understanding of space system certification processes and experience shaping certification strategies.
• Familiarity with Design for Sustainment and ability to influence long term sustainment focused engineering decisions.
• Experience with NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes, including mentoring others in navigating them.
• Working knowledge of NASA, JSC, and ISS standards, including safety, fault tolerance, and specialized engineering disciplines.
• Strong foundational knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems, design documentation, materials, and engineering toolsets, with ability to mentor others across disciplines.
• Familiarity with NASA/JSC documentation systems, SharePoint environments, and typical SE software products.
• INCOSE CSEP certification or equivalent.
• Master’s degree in systems Engineering or related discipline.

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.
• This position may require some commuting and traveling to other installations as needed.

 Don’t miss out on this great opportunity; for immediate consideration, apply now!