The Gateway (GW) Crew Health and Performance (CHP) System Manager (SM) serves as an Integration Lead and provides expertise in the overall management and integration of critical and highly complex research, space and aeronautical flight systems, vehicles, and/or payloads, including design and operational requirements definition, hardware and/or software development, testing, verification, safety, certification, and operations.

Duties

Provides leadership and technical direction of integrated team of civil servants and contractors supporting the system and related projects. Oversees technical and financial management of the system, the system team, and system hardware life cycle. Leads requirements definition, strategic planning, systems hardware and software development, verification, certification, integration, sustaining engineering, resupply, and final system/vehicle closeout with a focus on Human Systems Integration. Prepares and sponsors budget inputs for the annual Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) cycle, and generates Internal Task Agreements (ITAs) and Work Plans to sustain Human Health and Performance (HHP) Program Support, as needed. Follows organizational and program processes to integrate system requirements into other vehicle hardware, systems, and operations. Develops and maintains strategic plan to ensure the proper operation of the system for the life of the Program. Serves as technical authority for the System during boards, acceptance reviews, and Flight Readiness processes and products. Accepts system hardware/software for the Government when delegated authority by the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR). Acts as Technical Monitor for contractor support, oversees implementation of work and resources, and evaluates performance. Assures successful delivery of products and integration and provides integrated viewpoint to Program/Vehicle Office. Delivers high quality products and services, on time and within budget, based on agreements with the customer, including flight readiness, mission support, anomaly resolution, hardware spares, repairs or redesign, procedure updates, and resupply. Communicates regularly with Crew Health and Performance Officer. Develops and maintains relationships with various stakeholders and discipline experts, commercial and international partners, and Program customers. Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

Requirements

• Current Federal employees must meet qualifications, time in grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.

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. GS-15: To qualify at the GS-15 level, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Applying systems engineering, project management, risk management and/or budgetary principles; Applying current specifications, standards, and regulations, to hardware and software development; Leading engineering teams for flight hardware and software development; Applying procurement, contractual, funding and budgetary policies and practices to manage the formulation and implementation of projects. 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]