Systems Engineer (NASA HHPC)

$65,000 - $117,500/Yr

Leidos - Houston, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Houston, TX

5,001-10,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Systems Engineer position at Leidos supports the Human Health and Performance Contract for NASA's exploration projects. This role involves working within a project engineering team to develop and integrate advanced technologies for missions beyond low Earth orbit, including Gateway, lunar surface, and Mars missions. The Systems Engineer will be responsible for defining system requirements, managing verification and validation activities, and participating in hardware testing, among other duties.

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver systems engineering artifacts, such as Concepts of Operations, requirements, traces, allocations, system architectures and design solutions, trade studies, interface definitions, verification and validation planning and execution.
• Perform system operations and sustaining activities. Participate in system testing.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with stakeholders across multiple disciplines to achieve shared goals.
• Mitigate risk by identifying and implementing solutions. Apply troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to achieve objectives.
• Adhere to established quality and safety standards, policies and protocols.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline and 5+ years of experience, including technical projects.
• Knowledge and familiarity with systems engineering including: requirements, interfaces, testing, verification, and integrated performance.
• Experience with complex system development which includes both hardware and software configuration items.
• Strong interpersonal communication and collaboration skills, which are critical working within a teaming environment.
• Analytical with technical problem-solving skills. Process and customer focused.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic work environment and meet timelines/deliverables.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in systems engineering requirements, functional decomposition and allocation, functional integration, integrated design, analysis and evaluation, verification.
• Experience with Development Assurance, Certification and Safety Analysis.
• Experience applying Cradle, DOORs or similar software tool across all elements of systems engineering and artifact linkage.
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Prior experience supporting NASA Programs (e.g flight hardware development).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement