Chief System Engineer, EX Division
Mclaurin Aerospace
- Houston, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The person in this position will work across all projects in the EX portfolio to provide assistance, support and guidance to multiple EX projects in all phases of the mission life-cycle; concept to verification to operations. The successful candidate will provide SE expertise and guidance to JETS staff for SE discipline questions as well as practical applications
- This candidate will also provide quick reaction support for emerging and critical systems engineering needs within the division as the need arises
- Perform other duties as required
- Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and may be expected to have a related master's or higher degree and normally possess 15+ years of related experience
- Extensive aerospace industry experience
- Extensive working knowledge and experience with JSC engineering processes for hardware/software development (including NPR 7120, 7123, EA-023/-025) along with associated products (e.g., SEMP, PTRS, etc.)
- Experience across all phases of a mission
- Knowledge and experience of the SE "V"
- Experience leading a multi-disciplinary SE teams
- Experience with various MBSE tools (Cameo, Magic Draw, JAMA)
- Self-motivated, team player that will be comfortable working autonomously to develop or improve processes and practices for all SEs in the EX Division
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and will be expected to effectively interact with customers and management at all levels
- Ability and willingness to teach and mentor new SEs through training, SE product reviews, discussions and feedback
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office products
- 10 years JSC/NASA SE experience
- BS engineering, space science, physics or related field
- Ability to research practices and processes to obtain information across a distributed organization
- Ability to synthesize other people's thoughts or data into organized constructs that effectively communicates those thoughts/data to others
- Ability to work at both top-level strategies, define lower level aspects of the strategy, break it down into manageable parts, and then lead execution of those work products
- Familiar with Johnson Space Center (JSC) organizations, processes, and procedures
- Familiarity with the Engineering Life Cycle process
- MS or PhD engineering
- Systems Engineering degree(s)
- JSC hardware development experience
- Experience as Project Engineer or Project Manager
- Familiarity with Agile Project Management tools (JIRA, Confluence)
- INCOSE CSEP or ESEP Certification​
- Competitive pay
- Positive work-life balance
- 100% Employer paid insurance including: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term disability, and long-term disability
- 11 paid holidays annually
- Generous PTO
- 401k after 12 months of service with employer match
- Education assistance
- Relocation assistance (if applicable)