As Landing Integration Lead with the Flight Operations Directorate Program Integration Branch, Gateway & Lunar team, you will be responsible for providing leadership, technical expertise, and planning support to integrating the efforts of FOD with one of the Human Lander System providers. You will ensure FOD is properly represented and informed, integrating across Flight Director Office, Astronaut Office, FOD Assistant Directors, and Subject Matter Experts.

Duties

Provides leadership, technical expertise, and planning support to the Flight Director Office (Primary Duty/Function) for the Human Lander System (HLS). Provides technical and administrative support to the Astronaut Office and Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) Management, such as the FOD Assistant Director (AD) for HLS, as requested. Ensures that FOD “speaks with one voice” on all matters by integrating across the Flight Director Office, Astronaut Office, ADs and other FOD stakeholders. Anticipates HLS tasks and issues that FOD must work and recommends plans or approaches to accomplish them. Ensures that the Flight Crew Perspective is considered and integrated as necessary. Leads FOD review of Partner and Program products, as required. Represents FOD concerns to the Provider/Program and represents the Provider/Program viewpoint back to FOD. Represents FOD at HLS-related Boards, Panels and Working Groups internal and external to FOD. Integrates FOD responses to programmatic change requests and other products as assigned. Aides the directorate in understanding the impacts of operational requests on vehicle designs. Builds relationships, establishes trust, and helps focus requests. Provides status on operations, operations products, operations-related issues and Risks to FOD Management, as required. 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

• 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.
• If the individual selected is currently at the GS-14 grade level, they will be detailed at their current grade and step. If the individual is a current GS-13, they will be temporarily promoted to the GS-14 level.

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 at the GS-14 level, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Providing inputs and recommendations to management on complex technical issues, technical processes, or the stance or opinion the organization is going to take with regards to a technical issue for spaceflight vehicles, systems, or crew; Communicating across technical disciplines and multiple stakeholders such as Subject Matter Experts, flight controllers, instructors, program/project managers, or various levels of management to address complex issues; and Serving as a flight controller, instructor, or other operationally-relevant position. 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]