Job Type
Full-time
Description
TriVector Services, Inc., is seeking qualified candidates to fill our
Space Systems Avionics and Software Integration Engineer position.
This engineer shall support the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) as Discipline Lead Engineer for the areas of integrated avionics systems engineering (hardware and software), and shall be responsible for leading MAV program coordination within the MSFC Engineering Directorate (ED) Space Systems Department (SSD).
General duties include, but are not limited to:
- Coordinating scheduling and meetings.
- Tracking action items.
- Directing planning activities and trade studies.
- Performing systems analyses.
- Supporting integrated hardware and software design solutions, evaluation, and testing.
- Making technical risk management assessments.
- Coordinating technical performance measures.
- Supporting and coordinating reviews, working groups and boards.
- Providing periodic status inputs to project and management.
Specific day-to-day activities are, but not limited to:
- Provide engineering insight of the MAV integrated avionics in support of vendor avionics development.
- Draw upon all necessary government and contractor organizations supporting SSD and the MAV Program.
- Lead an Integrated Avionics team with members from multiple NASA centers.
- Manage workforce allocation in support of the MAV program
- Lead weekly technical team meetings to coordinate tasks and status with all engineering subsystems and report out to MAV integrated avionics stakeholders (SE&I, S&MA, SVS Office, etc.)
- Provide monthly project status to ES Management (Department, Division, and Branches) regarding technical accomplishments, issues, upcoming tasks, ODC expenditures, and workforce actuals versus plan.
- Support Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) for aspects of MAV/Orion integrated avionics and software such as docking and ionizing radiation issues.
- Support monthly tag-up with MAV management to address workforce allocation, performance, and issues.
- Develop/Update MAV Avionics Insight plan and present to MAV Program office as required.
- Coordinate actions with the MAV Insight Team.
- Travel periodically to support avionics reviews and other activities.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications: - U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Must have a degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field from an ABET accredited institution with at least 20 years of experience in avionics or software engineering. Education may be considered in lieu of experience with the following requirements: a Master's Degree and at least 18 years of experience or a Ph.D. with at least 14 years of applicable experience.
- Must have problem identification and solutions utilizing experience/skills in management, engineering design integration across multiple disciplines, trade studies, requirements, milestone reviews, interface definition, change management, risk management, manufacturing, assembly, test, risk management, safety, logistics, and quality.
- Candidate must have the ability to review avionics products and provide relevant feedback, have excellent coordination and communication skills, be pro-active, be able to multi-task and accomplish a task with minimal supervision.
- Interpersonal and technical management skills are required.
Preferred Qualifications: - Prior experience with Space Systems avionics and software is desired.
- Hands-on experience with avionics and/or electronic systems throughout the project life cycle is preferred.
