The Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA), Resource and Integration Office (SA-A) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is seeking applicants for a Lead Technical Integrator. You will serve as a project lead and also as an integrator for all actions across the Office. You will lead across all Office disciplines establishing policies and practices consistent with KSC, alignment with SA strategic goals and overall documentation strategy, providing guidance and participate in advance planning of audits.

Duties

Assists the Chief and Deputy Chief with safety and mission assurance (SMA) institutional administration management responsibility and is primarily responsible for the lead integration of actions for SMA. Establishes policies and practices consistent with KSC, other Centers and NASA Headquarters instructions, and develops technical and administrative resources to support established functions. Aligns activities with SA strategic goals and overall documentation strategy. Ensures that SA documents are reviewed, revised, and cancelled in accordance with Agency and Center processes. Coordinates Agency level documentation to ensure the flow down of Agency requirements and the alignment of KSC SA documents with Agency documentation. Assures optimum utilization of SMA resources supporting institutional administration activities and resolves complex problems and issues related to SMA requirements such as developing and maintaining Center Risk Management policy and requirements. Provides guidance and participates in planning for audits supporting KSC Internal Management System (IMS), National Quality Assurance Audit (NQA), Government Accountability Office (GAO)/NASA Office of Inspector General Audit (OIG), and others. Supports performance of assessments by reviewing and evaluating risks, conducting studies, making assurance recommendations to management, and recommending policy and plans necessary to develop an excellent program for existing and future customers. Advises the Office on safety and mission assurance problems, SMA requirements, and plans. Assists the Chief and Deputy Chief in planning, preparing, tracking, and integrating Travel [ex. Gas and Propellant Audit support to Agency contract (KPLSS)]. Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champions NASAs 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.
• 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 meetings with supervisors to identify opportunities for improvement, establish milestones, and tailor deliverables to meet customer expectations; Working with program/project teams to create SMA policies and requirements, resource allocation, development, and implementation plans; and Maintaining control of and providing engineering recommendations to supervisors on projects/studies/tests from inception through completion. 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. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.

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