Serves as the Navigation Integration Lead for the Flight Dynamic Division, responsible for the integration and coordination of all navigation and orbit determination issues across the Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) in support of all Human Spaceflight Programs.

Duties

Leading and chairing the Flight Dynamics Navigation Technical Forum where navigation related topics across all NASA programs are reviewed and dispositioned for the Flight Dynamics Division and Flight Operations Directorate (FOD). Formulating, coordinating, and integrating operational concepts to meet the specific Human Space Flight Program navigation and orbit determination requirements with FOD and partner stakeholders. Providing navigation related recommendations to FOD stakeholders that balance requirements, ground software capabilities, onboard capabilities, and implementation costs. Leading and developing navigation and orbit determination validation and verification plans for Flight Dynamics navigation ground software and associated processes. Representing the Flight Dynamics Division (and FOD as required) at operations, engineering, safety, partner, and program forums to ensure the associated navigation and orbit determination functions and necessary ground capabilities are successful.

Requirements

• Position subject to pre-employment background security investigation
• Current Federal employees must meet qualifications, time in grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Position subject to a successful completion of a Flight Controller physical.

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 and integrating the operational concepts related to: spacecraft systems (hardware and/or software), for the International Space Station, Commercial Crew, or Exploration programs; Leading and/or participating on a team of engineers performing human spaceflight real-time operations, training, and integration (including operational products and mission objectives, mission control center operations and disciplines,and operational techniques); Participating in spaceflight vehicle navigation, trajectory, and orbital determination operations and integration for space programs. 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 Johnson Space Center 2101 NASA Parkway Houston, TX 77058 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]