Spacecraft Test Conductor

Job Title

Lead Spacecraft Test Conductor/Lead Systems Integration Engineer

Location

NASA GSFC (GODDARD), Greenbelt, MD

Job Description/Responsibilities

Seeking Lead/Senior Spacecraft Test Conductors. Working in a "badgeless" / team environment to provide support of integration and test activities of mission services systems for the ESA/NASA CCRS Mission to be launched in 2026, comprised     of an ESA spacecraft and a NASA-provided and operated Capture/Containment and Return System (CCRS).

The activities may include component- and system-level acceptance testing, the coordination of interface testing with other components of a mission, end-to-end testing, and mission readiness testing and operations readiness testing.

·         Develop test plans, design and execute tests to verify system requirements, and collect, analyze, and report test results. 

·         Provide TC-expertise/communication with other relevant stakeholders including I&T management, PDLs, Systems Engineers / V&V, Project Management, Safety and Mission Assurance, Contamination Control, Quality Assurance, Mission/Ground Operations Team, Spacecraft/ESA team members, and Subsystem personnel. 

·         Lead work as assigned by I&T Managers in areas such as: Control Rooms design and development, define workstations needs etc

·         Develop test scripts in the ITOS STOL language.

·         Assist in development of I&T documents including the I&T Plan, System Test Plans, Test Procedures, and Work Order Authorizations (WOAs). Asist in the development of I&T presentations/materials for Project and I&T reviews

·         Assist with decision making for responsibilities of the TC-team including but not limited to: Test setup/coordination, test execution, database management, hardware and software safety, personnel and test scheduling, anomaly identification and mitigation, Ground Support Equipment (GSE) development and management, Telemetry and Command (T&C) System

·         Participate in working meeting and teleconferences for both recurring and ad hoc meetings.

·         Participate in formal reviews (e.g., design, test).

·         Reviewing / approving Mission Operations products (command procedures, operations scripts,  ...).

Work shall be performed primarily at the Goddard Space Flight Center (On-site), but may be required to perform some work at the contractor’s facility (Off-site) or remotely via telework when applicable

Requirements

·         Minimum of BS, Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical or related engineering disciplines or minimum of 10+ years of relevant work experience

·         Some travel required (Possible travel to Toulouse France, Turin Italy and JPL, CA

·         Must be a US Citizen and be able to pass a background investigation to obtain a National Agency Check (NAC) security badge

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