As the Gateway Integrated Safety Review Panel (GISRP) chair you will serve as a Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) senior expert, supporting the Gateway Program S&MA Office and leading the GISRP through the safety review process. You will be responsible for assessing technical and programmatic risk and implementing safety policy to ensure the design and operations of the integrated Gateway utilization payloads and Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) are compliant with technical requirements.

Duties

Provides leadership and management of community members, processes, tools, products, and services associated with conducting Gateway Program safety reviews, with responsibility for coordinating/communicating safety activities and expectations. Leads the implementation of the Gateway Integrated Safety Review Panel (GISRP) by executing the safety review processes to evaluate hazards of the integrated hardware, software, and operations of the Gateway for adherence to safety requirements. Leads the GISRP in identifying and assessing technical and programmatic risks associated with the design and operation of Gateway elements, Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), and science utilization. Characterizes risk of complex systems and develops plans to reduce or eliminate risk, ensuring crew safety and mission success. Uses sound decision-making with consensus from the GISRP to accept risk at thresholds defined by the Gateway Program. Elevates risk decisional authority when delegated GISRP risk acceptance thresholds are exceeded. Provides technical recommendations to Gateway management for risk acceptance or risk mitigation. Leads the GISRP in conducting joint safety reviews with other Artemis Programs, where hazard controls or verifications are shared by one or more Artemis programs. Serves as the Gateway Program delegate to the Gateway element safety review panels. Serves as focal for collaboration across the Gateway element safety panels and Artemis Program safety panels, coordinating schedules and technical topics to establish consistency and cohesiveness in processes and risk analysis methodologies. Serves as hazard analysis tools, process, requirements, and best practices champion. Implements tools and process improvements through coordination with stakeholders across the Agency. Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champions NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity and teamwork.

Requirements

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation.
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• This position may require a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. 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: Leading, integrating, and influencing a diverse team of technical experts, international, commercial partners, or NASA centers in assessing complex technical issues with projects by establishing consensus on methods to eliminate or mitigate hazards; Communicating technically with senior management on Safety and Mission Assurance processes, integrated hazard analyses, safety requirements, software safety, methods for reducing hazards, or risk mitigation; Using Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEAs), Probabilistic Risk Assessments(PRAs), or Quantitative Risk Analysis in the spaceflight hardware or software development life cycle. Familiarity with Human Rating Requirements and valid test/verification methodologies is desired 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 Johnson Space Center 2101 NASA Parkway Houston, TX 77058 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]