Flight Projects Engineer – Space Hardware & Test Lead

Mclaurin Aerospace; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Work-life balance

Health/dental/vision insurance

11 paid holidays

PTO

401k with employer match

Education assistance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Mclaurin Aerospace, joining NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, seeks a Project Engineer - Flight Projects to advance flight hardware programs on the JETS II contract. You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure successful design, development, and certification of space hardware.

The role emphasizes documentation, test development, and collaboration with JSC's vehicle and ISS operations teams to enable safe, reliable spaceflight hardware integration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 2–5 years in the field or related area.
• Experience with developing requirements documents including functional requirements and verification criteria.
• Experience with design, assembly, verification, testing, and operation of space hardware systems.
• Knowledge of space hardware concepts like mechanical/electrical design, drawings, material selection, and design tools.
• Ability to prepare written documents and present verbally at meetings.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities

• Develop project documentation and maintain status of drawings, procurements, risks, etc.
• Work with design team and analysts to ensure requirements are met.
• Inspect hardware on receipt to verify against drawings/models.
• Build test rigs and equipment as needed.
• Analyze test data and results.
• Assist project management with configuration control of docs.
• Develop test procedures and coordinate flight hardware certification with JSC teams.
• Collaborate with ISS community to develop integrated operation concepts.
• Prepare presentations and report progress to team lead.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Project management

Requirements development

Data analysis

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Tools

CAD modeling software

Job description

Mclaurin Aerospace, joining NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, seeks a Project Engineer - Flight Projects to advance flight hardware programs on the JETS II contract. You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to ensure successful design, development, and certification of space hardware.

The role emphasizes documentation, test development, and collaboration with JSC's vehicle and ISS operations teams to enable safe, reliable spaceflight hardware integration.