As the Human Landing System (HLS) Program representative at the SpaceX Starbase facility, you will be responsible for providing vital on-site support and monitor technical implementation for the HLS program related to the Starship development, production, and test activities. You will be a critical interface and provide regular updates on challenges and technical assessments in areas of high visibility, and issues that may affect program risk or impact the launch schedule.

Duties

Develop and maintain strong working relationships between Human Landing System Program, including program offices and selected discipline and insight leads, and SpaceX, including program management and technical experts. Provide insight and evaluation of contractor’s design, production, test and operational processes and performance as required by the Human Landing System Program including coordination with Technical Authority, Office Managers, and Discipline Leads. Participate in detailed technical meetings with NASA and SpaceX and document minutes as required (e.g. schedule integration meetings, test readiness reviews, flight readiness reviews, etc.). Advise, as requested, the Human Landing System Program Manager, SpaceX Contracting Officer, SpaceX Contracting Officer Representative, Technical Managers, Technical Authority and Office Managers regarding cost, technical, schedule and policy issues. Assist in obtaining proper SpaceX participation in all required Human Landing System Program boards, panels, working groups and technical meetings. Evaluate HLS Program changes, as requested, to determine effect on SpaceX Human Landing System contract. Review SpaceX impact statements prior to contract modifications and provide insight into SpaceX positions during contract negotiations. Provide support to other NASA organizations and other US Government Agencies as they develop and implement SpaceX agreements that have impacts/concurrences with NASA and Human Landing System contract elements. Establish norms and practices for hosting HLS program team members on site visits and provide guidance on local logistics and operations and provide weekly updates of production activities at Starbase. 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

• 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 for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Developing and communicating policy, programmatic and technical interpretation for an aerospace engineering program to develop white papers, presentations, and meeting reports to programmatic leadership; Building working relationships between the government and partner while conducting horizontal integration between NASA institutional organizations, engineering, program and project management; and Coordinating on-site activities at a contractor facility that includes; government visits, attendance to critical meetings and reviews, and dissemination and exchange of data required to perform contract surveillance tasks. 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 Marshall Space Flight Center Marshall Space Flight Ctr Huntsville, AL 35811 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]