Electrical Systems Engineer

CGI; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 78,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Electrical Systems Engineer, where your passion for space exploration meets innovative engineering solutions. Collaborate with a diverse team to tackle exciting challenges for NASA, ensuring the success of deep space missions. This role involves planning, developing, and maintaining system requirements while fostering professional relationships with NASA and its contractors. With a commitment to teamwork and creativity, you'll help shape the future of space exploration while enjoying a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits from day one. Be part of a mission that inspires change and innovation!

Benefits

Comprehensive insurance options

401(k) matching contributions

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Learning opportunities

Wellness programs

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in engineering or related fields.
• Experience leading technical teams and complex system development.

Responsibilities

• Plan and develop requirements and verification plans.
• Work with team members to identify risks and develop responses.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Risk Analysis

Requirements Management

Technical Leadership

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

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Position Description

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Electrical Systems Engineer to join the team with Nexus, a teammate company.

This position is located in NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Be responsible for the planning, development, review, and maintenance of requirements and verification plans.
• Prepare materials for the system life cycle phasing, including SRR (System Readiness Review), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR)
• Work with team members to identify risks, develop risk statements, and to help them plan risk responses.
• Perform and review system level architecture trade studies and analyses that will influence the overall system design and performance.
• Utilize a requirements management software and systems engineering tool such as DOORS, Cradle or Jama.
• Create and manage requirements for various projects – including flow down from NASA Program to contractor Project through verification closeout as well as interface definition between subsystems
• Work in a team environment and report to the team lead to provide status on progress and raise issues.
• Maintain a professional relationship with the NASA customer and other NASA support contractors.
• Perform other tasks assigned.
  
  

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

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.

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area
• Experience leading technical teams
• Experience designing and leading complex system development which includes both hardware and software configuration items
• Experience leading development projects
• Knowledge of the systems engineering process
• Knowledge of the system lifecycle
• Knowledge of the systems development lifecycle to include hardware and software development process
• Understanding of the space system certification process
• Understanding of Design for Sustainment methodology
• Excellent written and verbal communication across multiple disciplines
• 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.
• Experience with the concept development, concept of operation and operational concept definition, architecture definition, verification, testing, and operation of space hardware.
• Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various meetings.
• Familiarity with SharePoint and Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with the design, assembly, verification, testing, and operation of space hardware.??
  
  

Desired qualifications/non-essential skills required:

• INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional certification.
• Basic knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures in the space hardware field, such as mechanical and electrical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, material selection, and design software and tools.
• Experience with NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes
• 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 share point sites as well as typical systems engineering software products.
• Experience in technical or team leadership roles
  
  

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $78,400.00 - $173,500.00.

CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and Well-being programs
  
  

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