Gateway Laboratories Project Manager

Gateway Laboratories Project Manager

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program in electrical engineering, software engineering, or related discipline
• 6 or more years of experience in flight hardware avionics, communication, telemetry design including software and hardware development
• Familiar with the Gateway overall avionics or communication architecture
• Experience working across multiple teams and many different engineering disciplines
• Strong project management skills and exceptional interpersonal skills
• Ability to work within a team environment, where the team is distributed across multiple NASA and Aerospace Corporation organizations, projects and programs
• Ability to identify and communicate concerns to leadership in a diplomatic manner
• Superior analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to effectively manage multiple concurrent tasks and provide direction on competing priorities
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.
• Willing to travel [domestically and internationally] approx. 2 times per year
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
• 10 or more years of experience in flight hardware avionics, communication, telemetry design including software and hardware development (for Senior Project Engineer)
• Experience in or an understanding of the design and utilization of software in the loop (SIL) and hardware in the loop (HIL) labs (for Senior Project Engineer)

Responsibilities

• Serving as the project manager responsible for leading the design, development, and operation of JSC’s avionics laboratories in support of the Gateway Program
• Leads teams responsible for designing and developing the laboratory infrastructure and capabilities required to support Gateway test, verification, validation, and certification activities
• Designing and developing integration, test, and certification plans and procedures in support of Gateway test, verification, validation, and certification
• Test, verification, validation, and certification plan and procedure execution
• Managing laboratory operations
• Collaborates with ANVIL and GRAIL project managers and leads to ensure Gateway test, verification, and certification activities are fully successful
• Collaborates with Gateway System Managers to communicate test program status, test like you fly exceptions, and risk
• Collaborates with all branches in the Avionic Systems Division and the Gateway Program Office

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree from an accredited program in electrical engineering, software engineering, or related discipline
• 12 or more years of experience in flight hardware avionics, communication, telemetry design including software and hardware development
• Managed the development and operation of a SIL/HIL facilities