Propulsion Engineer

Propulsion Engineer

US Citizen / Permanent Resident

Aerospace/Spacecraft Experience

Onsite in Houston Texas - No remote is available

• Serve as the Chemical Propulsion Refueling Lead acting as the cross-project point of contact for the Gateway Integrated Refueling Circuit which implements the Refueling architecture.
• Lead the Gateway Refueling Working Group, involving planning agenda topics related to current, and forward risks, issues, and challenges.
• Develop a detailed understanding of the Gateway Refueling Requirements Document and apply working knowledge to lead domestic and international partners in technical discussions on requirement compliance.
• Lead the development and implementation of the Gateway Refueling Concept of Operations.
• Assist the System Manager in the development of Flight Rules and operational constraints related to Flight operations of the Gateway Station.
• Communicate mission baseline, mission risk, and issues to mission management teams, across a variety of NASA and commercial partnership leadership.
• Travel to commercial partners facilities, both domestic and international, for insight/oversight of critical operations and other mission essential technical meetings.
• Lead presentations and discussions with other discipline sub-systems and working groups related to chemical propulsion refueling needs and designs.

• Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and normally possess 5-10 years of related experience.
• Spacecraft propulsion experience with a focus on fluid and mechanical aspects.
• Experience in the design, assembly, testing, certification, and operation of space propulsion systems and components.
• Experience coordinating space propulsion systems requirements verification and validation between multiple organizations.
• Basic knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in the field, such as mechanical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, material selection, testing, and office software.
• Excellent organizational skills, oral and written communication skills, and the ability to coordinate support from a wide range of technical disciplines.
• Confident in knowledge and experience, and able to discuss propulsion topics with subject matter experts.
• Experience with NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes.
• Knowledge and work experience in a Systems Engineering role in a NASA, DoD, or Aerospace environment.
• Experience with requirements management, verification and validation definition and execution, design trades, risk analysis, and system analysis of space hardware.
• Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various high level meetings.

• Familiar with JSC organizations, processes, and procedures.
• Experience with NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes.
• Experience with requirements management, verification and validation definition and execution, design trades, risk analysis, and system analysis of space hardware.
• Working knowledge of NASA, JSC, and ISS standard practices and requirements including safety, fault tolerance, and unique disciplines.
• Familiarity with NASA/JSC documentation databases and SharePoint sites as well as typical systems engineering software products.
• Experience in technical or team leadership roles.
• Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency may be a requirement for this position.
• Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation.