Project Manager, ATCS

Mclaurin Aerospace; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Positive work-life balance

Employer paid insurance (medical, etc)

11 paid holidays annually

Generous PTO

401k after 12 months with match

Education assistance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Mclaurin Aerospace seeks a Project Manager, ATCS, to join our JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. You will lead project definition, scheduling, budgeting, and coordination across customers, primes, and technical authorities.

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in engineering and 10–15 years of related experience. The role emphasizes excellent communication, cross-functional leadership, and risk management in a dynamic space environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering; master’s preferred.
• Experience managing and leading engineering projects.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and cost estimating.
• Excellent written and oral communication at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Formulate project scope based on customer direction (EA-023).
• Define threats, costs, resources, and track with schedule.
• Communicate issues and negotiate with program, primes and authorities.
• Set milestones, schedule, and budget constraints for the team.
• Provide vision and allocate resources; define roles and responsibilities.
• Develop and maintain a project plan and schedule; break work into tasks.
• Monitor progress, deliverables, and documents; control scope.
• Coordinate cost, schedule, and technical risk changes with the program.
• Direct and mentor project staff; manage lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Engineering project leadership

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Communication

Cross-functional coordination

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Engineering drawing basics

Office software

Job 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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager, ATCS to join our JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.

If selected you will:

• Formulate the project, based on customer direction, as described in EA-023.
• Clearly define the project scope.
• Be able to clearly define and explain the threats, costs, and resources of the project and track them along with schedule.
• Communicating issues and negotiating process and product agreements with the program, prime contractors, the Engineering Directorate, and relevant Technical Authorities.
• Defining the key milestone, schedule, and budget constraints for the team.
• Providing the team with a vision of the project objectives.
• Working with leaders in Identifying the resource needs, assigning responsibilities, and ensuring team personnel understand their roles and responsibilities.
• Develop a project plan, document the plan, and obtain approvals from engineering management and appropriate supporting organizations. Break the project into discrete tasks.
• Develop and continuously maintain a schedule to define project work activities, track progress, allocate resources, and identify constraints.
• Tracking project deliverables.
• Assign tasks to the project team members according to the project plan and schedule.
• Create and managing the project documents to monitor project performance and data.
• Maintain and update the project scope of work, financial plan, goals, and deliverables throughout the project life-cycle in response to program decisions.
• Reviewing and approving cost, schedule, or technical risk changes within the project; prepare decision packages to request budget, scope, or schedule changes from the program customer.
• Manage the operational, financial, and technological aspects of projects based on timelines and work plans.
• Directing, supporting, and coordinating the project team.
• Manage the project documents to monitor project performance and data.
• Resolve, tracing, and escalating critical issues to minimize project risk factors.
• Communicating intensively with customers, stakeholders, and contractors.
• Report on project progress and communicating relevant information to customers, other stakeholders, and management.
• Approve the certification plan and perform the provisional acceptance and final acceptance of the deliverables.
• Coordinate the lessons-learned process.
• Mentor less experienced project staff.
• Review hazard analyses and risk assessments for test activities (as required).
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications:

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 minimum of a bachelor's degree in engineering and may be expected to have a related master's degree and normally possess 10-15 years of related experience
• Experience managing and leading engineering projects
• Experience with financial reporting, including budgeting, forecasting and cost estimating
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and will be expected to effectively interact with customers and management at all levels
• Ability to coordinate support from a wide range of technical disciplines
• Ability to work independently and autonomously and track tasks and issues to completion
• Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in the field, such as mechanical and electrical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, material selection, environmental testing, and office software

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and a minimum of fourteen (14) years of direct engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and twelve (12) years of direct engineering experience, or Ph.D. degrees and nine (9) years direct engineering experience
• Familiar with Johnson Space Center (JSC) organizations, processes, and procedures
• Prior experience

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Positive work-life balance
• 100% Employer paid insurance including: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term disability, and long-term disability
• 11 paid holidays annually
• Generous PTO
• 401k after 12 months of service with employer match
• Education assistance
• Relocation assistance (if applicable)

Mclaurin is a unique organization with a special focus on combining the best features of research and industry in order to foster innovation. Our organization strongly supports research, publication, and engagement with the academic community. We encourage our employees to remain on the cutting edge of new developments in their respective disciplines.

US Citizenship and the ability to pass a comprehensive security background investigation is required.

Mclaurin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.