Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related technical discipline; advanced degrees preferred.
14+ years of experience in a relevant field; 12+ years with a Master's; 9+ years with a PhD or JD.
5+ years of experience supporting human spaceflight programs.
Strong technical engineering background with proven leadership skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
Responsibilities
Communicate regularly with the Program Manager about project milestones and issues.
Generate task-specific Basis of Estimates and monthly forecasts.
Report on performance issues affecting contract deliverables to management.
Provide monthly product reporting including metrics and trend analysis.
Establish training and certification forums to enhance team capabilities.
Monitor staff performance and manage succession planning for key roles.
Ensure compliance with NASA and SAIC policies and requirements.
Benefits
Opportunities for professional development and training.
Recognition programs for outstanding employee performance.
Engagement in innovative technical projects.
Collaboration with leading experts in human spaceflight.
Full Job Description
Job Description
SAIC has an immediate need for a Quality Engineering/Assurance Manager to support the SMAEC III contract at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. SMAEC III provides comprehensive safety and mission assurance (SMA) services to all active and in-development Human Space Flight (HSF) programs led or supported at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Job Responsibilities:
Provide regular communication with the Program Manager (PM) of technical resource items and issues including projects, programs, milestones, flight readiness, mission anomalies, etc. that the contract is supporting as part of the contract and task order statements of work
Contribute to generation of task specific Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and monthly forecasts
Communicate with the PM and Deputy Program Manager (PMO) about performance issues including personnel, processes, tools, or interfaces that could or are affecting TO or contract performance or deliverables
Provide monthly product reporting (metrics, trend analysis, etc.)
Maintain data as required in designated repositories to allow efficient retrieval and comply with Quality Management System and Configuration Management requirements
Establish and maintain forums, training, and certifications/qualifications for disciplines to grow and enhance contract overall capability to achieve and exceed customer technical needs
Seek out technical innovations
Monitor and manage staff performance including regular performance discussions, identifying succession planning for important roles, identifying personnel skill growth goals and opportunities, identifying and quickly elevating employee performance issues to the PMO and Human Resources as required for resolution; identify and recognize excellent employee work and nominate employees for special recognition including merits, spot bonuses, and other awards
Manage resource assignments and workloads, including staffing (developing position requisitions, interviewing, hiring)
Ensure assigned staff receive required training (including SAIC, NASA, and Contract specific)
Provide required and requested input to Business Management Office (e.g. metrics, trends, feedback)
Coordinate technical approaches across workgroups to efficiently address issues and assignment of resources
Ensure staff compliance with NASA, SMAEC III contract, and SAIC corporate requirements and policies
Work with other managers in response to customer direction, technical issues, performance shortfalls, etc.
Utilize project management practices to assure schedules, milestones, and deliverables are met
Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor's and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience.
Desired Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related technical discipline and ten (10) years or more experience; Master's degree and eight (8) years or more experience
At least 5 years' experience supporting human spaceflight
Demonstrated capabilities in the following:
Senior technical engineering experience
Excellent Technical Team Leadership
Customer Communications (Verbal & Written)
Technical mentoring
Project risk assessment and mitigation
Required Skills:
Must be highly detail oriented and have demonstrated capability for project planning, organizing, for providing task direction, and tracking of tasks.
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Familiar with Risk Management methodologies
Familiar with Resource planning
Proficiencies with multiple MS-Office products to include Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project
Desired Skills / Experiences:
Knowledge of the interworking's of JSC facilities
Project management experience and familiarity with methodologies and tools, PMP considered a plus
Supervisory experience
About SAIC
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
