The Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Directorate, Commercial Crew Program Office (SA-CCP) is seeking an expert to serve as a Senior SMA Flight Lead Engineer (Boeing Provider). You will lead, assess, coordinate, integrate Launch Vehicle, Spacecraft, Ground and Mission Operations and SMA flight readiness activities to assist Chief Safety Officers (CSOs) and SMA management. This includes Quality, Safety, and Mission Assurance operations and activities.

Duties

Serves as a senior Safety and Mission Assurance Engineer Flight Lead and is responsible for advising, planning and leading SMA activities and resolving issues for Commercial Crew Program (CCP) missions. Provides leadership, technical assessment, coordination and integration of Launch Vehicle, Spacecraft, and Ground and Mission Operations and SMA flight readiness activities. This includes Quality, Safety, and Mission Assurance operations. Assists CSOs and SMA Management by leading, integrating, and coordinating SMA activities for flight readiness, spacecraft/launch vehicle changes, flight hardware issues, verifications and validations, ground operations, and mission operations. Coordinates with SMA, Engineering, and CCP for technical resolution of safety and/or technical issues and risks. Participates in Working Groups, Technical Meetings, and Readiness Reviews at the Program and Agency level in support of CCP missions. Integrates activities with the SMA Flight Leads and Mission Safety Leads. Develops, integrates, and coordinates SMA flight readiness review products.

Requirements

• Current Federal employees must meet qualifications, time in grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• If selected, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below and have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above. NASA utilizes OPM-approved qualification and rating requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA's unique aerospace work. The specific qualifications and minimum education requirements are further described below and within the education section of the job announcement. To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Leading or executing Commercial Crew engineering and mission-related functions on spacecraft production, launch vehicle production, and ground processing and integration; Evaluating safety mission assurance programs through all phases of development of space systems, launch vehicles, spacecraft, associated ground support equipment from design conception through operational use; Executing safety and quality engineering discipline including systems safety discipline, system safety analysis, concepts of risk management, acceptance and mitigation strategies. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

Education

Basic Education Requirement: You must have successfully completed a bachelor's degree with a major in one of the following:
a) Engineering from a college or university that has ABET accredited engineering programs
b) Physical Science, Mathematics, Life Science or other field of Science
c) Computer Science that included 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of course work in any combination of mathematics, statistics and computer science with at least half of those hours in mathematics and statistics courses that included differential and integral calculus.

If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above.

Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position.

Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program. To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org.

Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords. These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs. MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions. For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/.

Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.

Contacts

• Address Kennedy Space Center Space Commerce Way Titusville, FL 32899 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]