Human Spaceflight Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Human Spaceflight Engineer (MTS - Systems Engineering) to support NASA programs, integrating architectures and mission operations. You’ll coordinate across Artemis transport and Moonbase activities, driving inflight, orbital and surface initiatives with cross‑agency teams.

The role is on-site at several locations in the U.S., with opportunities to engage in mission planning, safety reviews, and technical briefings. US citizenship may be required for clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, science, or related STEM discipline.
• 1 or more years of professional engineering/scientific experience including systems engineering and the program lifecycle.
• Entry level experience in human exploration architecture, integration and mission operations.
• Knowledge of the engineering program life cycle.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders; U.S. citizenship for clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve in the program office and connect exploration topics across moonbase, nuclear, science and Artemis transportation.
• Define operational technical requirements for the various programs.
• Perform assessments and readiness evaluations.
• Collaborate with NASA mission architects and program experts across government and industry.
• Review contractor deliverables and NASA requirements to ensure compliance and system effectiveness.

Skills

Strong presentation and communication

Ability to work across diverse teams

Stakeholder collaboration

Program lifecycle understanding

Systems engineering experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering or related STEM

Advanced degree in engineering or science

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.

Building on The Aerospace Corporation's reputation as a trusted, impartial advisor with integrity and dedication to mission success, the Civil Systems Group (CSG) combines deep technical expertise with market-leading innovation to help our customers solve complex systems engineering and integration challenges. CSG is organized by core customer-facing lines of business to manage and grow programs within NASA, NOAA, and the NNSA, while extending our capabilities to other civilian federal government agencies fully integrated within Aerospace rules, regulations, processes, values, and behaviors.

Human Spaceflight Engineer (Member of Technical Staff - Systems Engineering)

This position will support various NASA programs integrating activities and serving in various program office roles. M2M provides agency leadership for the development, analysis, integration, and implementation of human spaceflight architectures, mission plans, operational activities and spacecraft/surface system definitions. In this role, you will coordinate and collaborate across Artemis transportation and Moonbase to develop and address matters for inflight, orbital and surface operations.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time on-site at our facility in Houston, TX, Colorado Springs, CO, Huntsville, AL, Washington, DC, Chantilly, VA or El Segundo, CA

What You’ll Be Doing

• Serve in the program office and be a connector acrossexplorationtopicsfor moonbase, nuclear, science and Artemis transportation initiatives
• Defineoperationaltechnical requirementsforthe various programs
• Perform assessments, readiness evaluations
• Collaborate with NASA missionarchitects/designersand programexperts across government and industry
• Review contractor deliverables and NASA requirements to ensure compliance and system effectivenessto support operational needs
• Contribute to standards development and documentationsupporting exploration operations, in addition to management of keyprogramplans/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

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, science, or another related STEM discipline
• 1or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including experience in systems engineeringandprogram lifecycleenvironment
• Entry level experience in human exploration architecture,integrationandmission operations
• Knowledge and understanding of the engineering program life cycle
• Demonstrated initiative andability toestablishand maintain effective working relationships withinternal and external stakeholders
• Strong presentation and communications 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 andmultipleengineering disciplines, including human in the loop disciplines
• This positionmayrequiretheability to obtain andmaintaina security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship isrequiredto obtain a security clearance

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• Advanced degree in engineering, science, or another related STEM discipline
• Experience withNASA processes and teams
• Background in designing and developing humanbased operations
• Experience coordinating with international partners and commercial vendors

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills.

(Min - Max)

$86,600.00 - $129,800.00

Pay Basis: