In this position, you will provide systems engineering leadership and support our NASA customers for an avionics and flight software project. This project is in support of the NASA Gateway/Lunar/Mars Artemis exploration program. As a systems engineer, you will collaborate with a team of engineers to create life cycle artifacts such as concepts of operations, requirements, verification plans, ICDs, design reviews, safety reviews, schedules, management plans, etc. This position will be responsible for writing, integrating, revising, and maintaining formal program documentation related to the Gateway Inter-element Network. You will also be in charge of identifying risks to the project. This position requires experience and capability in leading a cohesive team and presenting topics to management. As such, it is critical that candidates possess excellent written and verbal communication skills. Also, because the network development team is highly interdisciplinary, candidates should have good interpersonal skills that help maintain a good team environment.

Required:

• Bachelor or Advanced Degree in Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience) 10 years of applicable professional experience including leadership responsibilities
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
• Experience in systems engineering or a related technical field
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Additional desired experience would include:

• NASA experience with flight project management Experience with NASA JSC flight software development processes Systems Engineering certifications or formal training
• Experience with DOORS or similar requirements management tools Project management certifications or formal training Experience with NASA/JSC EA-WI-025 or other SE&I processes Knowledge of Time-Triggered Ethernet protocol/architecture
• Knowledge of spaceflight communication protocols, data handling, and testing architectures
• Knowledge of Core Flight Executive (cFE) and Core Flight System (cFS) framework

Citizenship or lawful permanent resident required due to federal position

About METECS -

We are a high-performance team providing advanced engineering, software, and analysis solutions for human space flight and terrestrial applications. We develop and integrate custom software for NASA and other government and commercial customers utilizing a wide variety of in-house, commercial, and open-source technologies. Our specialties include robotics automation, embedded systems, hardware/software integration, multibody dynamics simulations, immersive computer graphics, XR systems and advanced web-based tools.

METECS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.