Surface Docking Spaceflight Systems Engineer

Amentum; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum in Houston is seeking a Surface Docking Spaceflight Hardware Systems Engineer to join the JETSII contract and help shape spaceflight hardware for NASA exploration.

You will lead requirements planning, verification planning, and life-cycle reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR), apply risk analysis, and collaborate with NASA teams to ensure system performance and interfaces across subsystems. Strong communication and documentation skills with experience in requirements management tools are essential.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2-5 years of experience.
• Experience with NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes
• 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

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, PDR and CDR
• Work with team members to identify risks, develop risk statements, and 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

Skills

Requirements management

Systems engineering

Risk analysis

Trade studies

NASA/JSC experience

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Cradle

Jama

Job description

Amentum in Houston is seeking a Surface Docking Spaceflight Hardware Systems Engineer to join the JETSII contract and help shape spaceflight hardware for NASA exploration.

You will lead requirements planning, verification planning, and life-cycle reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR), apply risk analysis, and collaborate with NASA teams to ensure system performance and interfaces across subsystems. Strong communication and documentation skills with experience in requirements management tools are essential.