Senior Systems Engineer - Mars Architecture Team Concept Study

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!     

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer – Mars Architecture Team Concept Study to join the team. 

** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. **

As a Senior Systems Engineer – Mars Architecture Team Concept Study, you will work with NASA JSC Engineering's EX2 Branch to define NASA's future exploration architecture and elements for Mars exploration. This team uses NASA's framework and architecture for future human exploration as a starting point for future studies.  This team studies surface systems, future habitats, and all aspects for future Human Mars missions.

This work may include:

• Develop concepts and define future human space exploration vehicles and missions
• Mars surface exploration campaigns and future long term Mars surface missions will also be studied and developed
• Develop and evolve conceptual vehicles by working with multi discipline teams in a highly collaborative environment
• Work on architecture definitions and functional flows
• Work on requirements definition, flow-down, assessment
• Work on trade studies and stakeholder reviews
• Summarize architecture study/trade study outcomes and present recommendations to NASA leadership
• Work in a team environment and report to the team lead to provide status on progress and issues and for support
• Maintain a professional relationship with the NASA customer and other NASA support contractors
• Perform other duties as required