Serves as the project management and systems engineering expert authority to establish agreements between the Space Launch System (SLS) Program and the Human Exploration Development and Operations (HEDO) Payload and Mission Operations Division (PMOD). Develops long-range plans, to include workforce planning, resource management, and coordinates the development, implementation, and modifications of those plans to achieve overall organizational and policy objectives.

Duties

Maintains close contact to subordinate elements and the highest levels of the SLS Program or project management and be recognized as the technical authority and expert advisor for payload operations in support of the SLS Program. Serves on inter-Center or Center teams that develop plans and negotiate working agreements on matters involving interfaces, technical relationships, and resource allocations. Oversees the development of control policies and requirements for the organization. Provides leadership and coordination for planning and implementation of project management and systems engineering processes, to include work of personnel from within the Center, Program, Agency, and contractor organizations. Serves as a recognized technical expert that includes overseeing the definition, design and development, certification, and operations/maintenance requirements of special programs, projects, or mission-relevant studies of importance. Provides authoritative technical decisions and advice on variables affecting planning, integration, and complex management problems for safety, risk, technology development, commercialization, cost, performance measurement, and resource management. Conducts investigations and risk management studies to develop solutions to critical problem areas such as resource analysis, technical management, technical engineering operations management, configuration management.

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-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Providing project management, integration, leading projects and/or tasks, coordinating initiatives across organizational boundaries, analyzing results, and making recommendations to improve performance; Experience with crewed or robotic payload operations; spacecraft or aeronautic payload science operations; telemetry and ground systems; mission operations; Space Launch System (SLS) operations support; SLS mission operations; SLS systems engineering; and SLS integration; Collaborating with program managers, technical specialists, engineers, and stakeholders to resolve problems that impact operations (e.g., addressing critical timelines, resource allocation, integration of systems and subsystems, and project performance). 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 Marshall Space Flight Center Marshall Space Flight Ctr Huntsville, AL 35811 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]