As a Group Lead with the Mission Systems Division in the Mission Control Center (MCC) Operations and Maintenance Group, you'll oversee highly skilled and knowledgeable team members in the MCC supporting Human Space Flight missions. You'll be responsible for leading daily operations of the MCC Operations Support Teams in support of mission, simulation, and test operations. You'll provide status to Management on the MCC and provide technical expertise on system anomalies and mission readiness.

Duties

Oversee the Mission Control Center Operations Support Teams to ensure that the Flight Operations Directorate organization’s strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated and integrated into the strategies, goals, objectives, and work. Perform multiple functions which may include: planning, design, test and evaluation, cost analyses, program and project management, quality management for projects involving Mission Control Center Operations. Inform Mission Systems Division management of Operations Support Team and individual team member performance, management issues and problems, Mission Control Center System anomalies and recommends corrective actions. Work alongside other engineers to perform various duties including but not limited to; technical evaluations of projects, project schedules, basis of estimate costs, system design requirements and implementation options of these requirements. Represent the Mission Control Center (MCC) Operations Support Teams in discussions with Flight Operations Directorate Management, other Directorates, External and Commercial Partners, NASA Programs, Engineering personnel and other users of the MCC. Perform oversite on configuration of the Mission Control Center systems; maintains and oversees configuration management processes and ensures deviations from these processes and any risks are documented and coordinated with Division management. 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

• 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.

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-14: To qualify at the GS-14 level, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Delivering presentations on the status of systems and anomalies to include the impact and risk for systems support mission operations readiness; Leading engineering projects and integrating teams responsible for the development or operations of technical systems; Utilizing systems to evaluate missions, simulations, and test activities. 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; and that provided an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical applications of computer science, including digital computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations.

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://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

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]