As the Environmental and Thermal Integration Lead for the Gateway Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) Project Office, you will oversee the process of designing, developing, testing, certifying, and delivering the HALO Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) and Thermal Systems. In this role, you will lead a team of engineers and stakeholders, including government and contractor representatives, to facilitate decision-making, ensuring timely hardware delivery and certification.

Duties

Lead a multi-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive oversight of the design, development, testing, certification, and delivery of the Gateway HALO ECLSS and Thermal Systems, collaborating closely with the prime contractor and suppliers. Lead technical integration, issue resolution, and systems engineering efforts, including establishing and executing verification and validation processes and evaluating evidence to support the Certification of Flight Readiness requirements. Coordinate with Gateway Program and Project Offices, various Directorates, and other stakeholder organizations in planning HALO ECLSS and Thermal Systems activities leading to flight readiness. Actively identify, manage, and mitigate cost, schedule, and technical risks associated with the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the HALO ECLSS and Thermal Systems. Lead the coordination and integration of government-furnished equipment and international partner components into the HALO ECLSS and Thermal Systems, overseeing interface definition, integrated testing, and verification activities. Lead and support the programmatic management of contracts, resources, and oversight teams essential for the design, development, testing, and certification of the HALO ECLSS and Thermal Systems. Develop and direct innovative concepts, processes, and techniques for the design, development, and testing of the HALO and other complex components. Challenge the status quo and gain necessary approvals for tailored approaches. Represent the HALO Project Office and serve as a team representative at various boards and meetings in support of the HALO ECLSS and Thermal Systems. 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

• 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.
• If selected, you will be required to complete a financial disclosure statement.
• 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-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Developing or implementing systems engineering processes requirements and/or verification development for a human spaceflight program; Leading or supporting teams in identifying and resolving complex technical challenges related to human spaceflight hardware, such as environmental control life support systems and/or thermal systems; Identifying and managing technical, cost, and schedule-related programmatic risks, including communication to management. 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]