Human Spaceflight Engineer

Jobtailor; Alabama; On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States (Alabama) seeks an early-career engineer to support NASA exploration programs from our Alabama office. You will work with mission architects, define requirements, and help prepare technical reports and presentations.

This role emphasizes systems engineering, program lifecycle understanding, and collaboration across government and industry, with potential security clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, science, or related STEM field.
• 1+ years in engineering/science with systems engineering and program lifecycle experience.
• Entry level in human exploration architecture, integration and mission operations.
• Knowledge of engineering program life cycle.
• Strong initiative and stakeholder relationship skills.
• Excellent presentation and written communication to diverse levels.
• Ability to work across diverse teams and disciplines, including human-in-the-loop.
• Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve in the program office and be a connector across exploration topics for moonbase, nuclear, science and Artemis transportation initiatives
• Define operational technical requirements for the various programs
• Perform assessments, readiness evaluations
• Collaborate with NASA mission architects/designers and program experts across government and industry
• Review contractor deliverables and NASA requirements to ensure compliance and system effectiveness
• Contribute to standards development and documentation supporting exploration operations, plus management of key program plans/products
• Support facility and infrastructure related topics and planning
• Participate in technical, safety, and integration of working groups
• Develop technical and progress reports to support internal teams and external partners
• Support technical interchange meetings, hardware reviews, and key design milestones
• Prepare clear, actionable reports and presentations for program offices

Skills

Systems engineering

Program lifecycle

Stakeholder collaboration

Technical communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Job description

Responsibilities

• Serve in the program office and be a connector across exploration topics for moonbase, nuclear, science and Artemis transportation initiatives
• Define operational technical requirements for the various programs
• Perform assessments, readiness evaluations
• Collaborate with NASA mission architects/designers and program experts across government and industry
• Review contractor deliverables and NASA requirements to ensure compliance and system effectiveness to support operational needs
• Contribute to standards development and documentation supporting exploration operations, in addition to management of key program plans/products
• Support facility and infrastructure related topics and planning
• Participate in technical, safety, and integration of working groups
• Develop technical and progress reports to support internal teams and external partners
• Support technical interchange meetings, hardware reviews, and key design milestones
• Prepare clear, actionable reports and presentations for program offices

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, science, or another related STEM discipline
• 1 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including experience in systems engineering and program lifecycle environment
• Entry level experience in human exploration architecture, integration and mission operations
• Knowledge and understanding of the engineering program life cycle
• Demonstrated initiative and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including the ability to effectively use oral and written communication to express technical concepts and recommendations to personnel at all technical and managerial levels
• Ability to work across diverse teams and multiple engineering disciplines, including human in the loop disciplines
• This position may require the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering
• Ability to Obtain Security Clearance