The Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Directorate is hiring a Computer Engineer in the Mission Software and Ground Systems Assurance Branch to serve as Chief Safety and Mission Assurance Officer (CSO) for Goddard Space Flight Center Ground Systems. Ground System CSOs are responsible for SMA oversight of the antenna, communication networks, and data processing systems that facilitate command and control of spacecraft and production and distribution of spacecraft health and science data products.

Duties

Provide organizational leadership and technical authority in the definition, flow-down and implementation of requirements for System Safety, Reliability Engineering, Quality Engineering, Software Assurance and Supply Chain Management. Oversee the preparation and implementation of the project Mission Assurance Requirements (MARs), including tailoring of requirements and flow-down through contractual documents and technical specifications. Establish overall Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) strategy for in-house support and supplier surveillance throughout the design, development, operation, and maintenance of NASA/Goddard Spaceflight Center Ground Systems. Establish and maintain the SMA budget, by estimating the proper levels and types of SMA resources needed to support the project, evaluating and modifying support as needed throughout the project lifecycle. Oversee the development and maintenance of assurance plans (System Safety, Reliability Program Plans, and Software Assurance Plans) and coordinate and schedule project SMA activities, i.e. analyses, audits, inspections, reviews. Serve as a voting member on the project boards and panels including the Risk Management Board (RMB), Configuration Control Board (CCB), and Failure/anomaly Review Boards as the SMA Technical Authority. Participate in the approval process for project waivers and deviations, risks, non-conformances, anomalies, and configuration changes. Support improvement initiatives associated with Ground Systems assurance requirements, processes, procedures, tools and techniques. 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

• You 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.
• Position subject to pre-employment background security investigation.

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-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Leading efforts to define or develop assurance requirements for extensible and scalable Mission Critical Ground Systems Leading the overall design/development, operations, testing, and maintenance of flight and ground software systems and associated applications Leading efforts to evaluate Ground System change requests, problem reports, and system failures for impact to safety, reliability, and performance requirements 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 Goddard Space Flight Center 8800 Greenbelt Rd Greenbelt, MD 20771 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]