Astronaut Training Systems Technician

Amentum; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 78,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

PTO and holidays

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Training Systems Technician to support astronaut and flight-crew training at NASA's Johnson Space Center. You will set up, operate, and maintain full-scale spacecraft mockups and training environments, coordinating with instructors and customers to ensure readiness.

Role involves safety, troubleshooting, and supporting ISS, Orion, CST/Boeing, EVA, and Commercial Crew programs, with opportunities to work on time-critical missions in a demanding facility.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; COSMOS level I normally supports 0-4 years of related experience; level II requires 4 years; level III requires 8 years.
• Ability to follow technical procedures/checklists, configuration requirements, safety rules, and direction from instructors, engineering, and supervision.
• Must be able to obtain a NASA Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Badge for NASA credentials.
• Must be able to complete SVMF common-core/facility orientation, hazard/emergency response, configuration/work-control awareness, FOD/tool-control training, role OJT, and assigned program/mockup familiarization before independent authorization.
• Must be able to meet role-applicable medical/physiological and task-specific safety requirements and support occasional extended-hour, off-shift, or weekend work when scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Set up and tear down training configurations for SVMF classes, tests, evaluations, mission-support activities, and special events.
• Retrieve, stage, inspect, install, configure, operate, restore, and store assigned training equipment and mockup hardware.
• Support ISS, Orion, CST/Boeing, EVA, Commercial LEO, and other assigned mockups/programs in accordance with current procedures and configuration requirements.
• Verify work areas and interfaces including power, data, audio/video, communications, loose equipment, access, and other setup requirements within role scope.
• Provide clear status and operations communications to instructors, engineering, and supervision; identify off-nominal conditions without exceeding role authority.
• Troubleshoot operational equipment and customer trouble calls; safely secure unsafe conditions, preserve configuration/evidence, and initiate or elevate discrepancies through the correct technical channel.
• Review negative evaluations and support, incident/failure follow-up, minor repairs, repaired/new product integration, and restoration of training capability as directed.
• Recognize hazards, exercise stop-work authority, and perform assigned emergency-response actions during suited and unsuited activities.
• Operate forklifts, manlifts, overhead cranes/rigging, scaffolds, or other specialized equipment only when individually qualified and endorsed.
• Maintain training equipment, work areas, records, and readiness to support scheduled training and changing customer requirements.

Skills

Hands-on ops

Aerospace experience

Troubleshooting

Equipment setup

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Office 365

ServiceNow

Discrepancy systems

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Training Systems Technician to support astronaut and flight-crew training at NASA's Johnson Space Center. You will set up, operate, and maintain full-scale spacecraft mockups and training environments, coordinating with instructors and customers to ensure readiness.

Role involves safety, troubleshooting, and supporting ISS, Orion, CST/Boeing, EVA, and Commercial Crew programs, with opportunities to work on time-critical missions in a demanding facility.