PLSS Engineering Insight Lead

PLSS Engineering Insight Lead

LOCATION: NASA Johnson Space Center JOB STATUS:Full Time

CLEARANCE: Background check & U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident required

Are you inspired by human space exploration and passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology to benefit both space missions and life on Earth? Join our diverse and highly collaborative team as we tackle NASA's deep space exploration challenges. As NASA's largest engineering solutions provider, we partner with NASA centers across the United States to deliver cutting-edge engineering support for mission-critical programs.

We have an exciting opportunity for an PLSS Engineering Insight Lead!

RESPONSIBILITES

The PLSS Engineering Insight Lead will:

• Serve as a coordination focal point between commercial partners, NASA engineering and program teams, and JETS management, ensuring consistent communication and mission alignment
• Lead and guide the insight team, providing technical direction and maintaining alignment with NASA's technical and programmatic goals
• Coordinate and track tasking across multiple workstreams, including scope definition, task distribution, action-item tracking, and assignment of personnel
• Manage the flow of technical products, verifications, and deliverables, ensuring inputs are collected, consolidated, reviewed, and delivered on schedule
• Monitor and document risk-mitigation activities, technical risks, and issue resolution efforts; maintain visibility for management and stakeholders
• Provide informed technical insight into hardware development activities, supporting assessments, reviews, and system level integration
• Support technical reviews, milestone assessments, and interface coordination meetings between NASA and commercial partners
• Other duties as required

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

• Requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and 5- 10 years of related experience
  • License and certification may be required
• Self-motivated, team player and adaptability to a dynamic environment and the ability to complete all assignments as required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and will be expected to effectively interact with customers and management at all levels
• Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various meetings
• Must have the ability to visualize and work with complex mechanical/electrical systems and work with others in problem solving as part of a team
• Must be able to organize and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and schedules
• Strong technical background in engineering or spaceflight systems development (direct PLSS experience not required)
• Ability to interpret technical data, identify gaps, and support risk-mitigation strategies

*This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE/ SKILLS

• Familiar with Johnson Space Center (JSC) organizations, processes, and procedures
• Prior experience working with Space Suits or other areas of Human Spaceflight
• Detailed knowledge of vent loop gas flow rates, pressure management, and PLSS outlet CO2 control in closed loop and open loop modes
• Should have detailed knowledge on xEMU selected design goals for each vent loop component
• Areas of knowledge on each component should include: detailed understanding of each component's design and purpose in the overall vent loop and PLSS design, pressure capabilities, flow rates/delta pressure during flow, and functional operations
• Should understand previous vent loop build/manufacturing issues and testing including component checkouts and DVT/ TVAC testing
• Should be able to describe the consequences of making various design alterations to the existing xEMU baseline design.

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