As an ISS VIPER Integrator with the ISS Program, Systems Engineering & Integration Office, Vehicle Integrated Performance, Environments, and Resources (VIPER) Team you will be responsible for development of products that support the integrated performance of ISS hardware and visiting vehicles. You will coordinate with highly skilled subject matter experts in a variety of disciplines to formulate plans for ISS attitude and altitude, power generation and thermal management, and space environments.

Duties

Perform re-entry survivability risk analysis on prospective International Space Station and visiting vehicle jettison candidates using Debris Assessment Software; plan/conduct analysis reviews with the Orbital Debris Project Office/key stakeholders. Coordinate and review hardware developer verification data delivery submittals to ensure accuracy and completeness. Manage jettison authorization process per ISS Program Policy Document (PPD) 1011 with discipline subject matter experts, Program Managers, and International Partners; manage updates to PPD 1011 ISS Jettison Policy. Plan and conduct internal reviews of visiting vehicle developer data delivery submittals to ensure accuracy and completeness. Act as a focal for collection and disposition of OM/ISS System Engineering and Integration (SE/I) office Data Requirement Deliverable (DRD) and Data Information Deliverable (DID) comments. Schedule and manage the assessment of plume impingement impacts on the ISS and visiting vehicles with discipline teams, including analysis of loads, controllability, erosion, and aerothermal heating. Coordinate and review molecular deposition, contamination, ionizing radiation, plasma, and other Space Environments assessments of ISS systems, payloads, and visiting vehicle hardware. Lead efforts to resolve issues and provide input as necessary to develop and approve exceptions, waivers, and deviations. 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.
• 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-12, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level: Integrating inputs from multidisciplinary subject matter experts to characterize and communicate complex issues to high level aerospace managers and executives: Developing and coordinating technical schedules involving inputs and resources from multiple engineering teams to ensure flight and/or mission readiness; Performing atmospheric re-entry survivability risk analysis to ensure safe execution of mission objectives. 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: nssc-contactcenter@mail.nasa.gov