Sr. Systems Engineer - Project Integration

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Position Description

The successful candidate for the Mission Project Integration Coordinator support position will provide direct support for the ITASAT2 mission which aims to demonstrate advanced space weather monitoring, RF geolocation, edge computing, and AI/ML technologies for real-time data analysis. This project is a joint effort between a number of US and Brazilian agencies. Support will be provided to the Mission Project Integration Coordinator (MPIC) in several mission integration support task areas as noted below, as well as other support areas as directed. Coordinates technical milestone tracking, documentation management, and cross-team scheduling. Acts as integration liaison for reviews, test events, and cross-agency documentation efforts. This is projected to be a part-time position.

Responsibilities

Specific support to be provided includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Work in support of the Mission Integration Manager (MIM) and act on the MIM's behalf in technical meetings, reviews, and interagency coordination sessions, providing authoritative information and integration updates to NASA, DoD, and university partners.
• Coordinates technical milestone tracking, documentation management, and cross-team scheduling. Acts as integration liaison for reviews, test events, and cross-agency documentation efforts.
• Maintain configuration-controlled schedules and deliverable logs for the mission including DoD technical interchange communications and documentation.
• Coordinate with DoD and NASA team members on integration milestones (e.g., PDR, CDR, FRR) across payloads and international contributors (Brazil).
• Act as integration liaison for technical reviews, test events, and cross-agency documentation exchanges.
• Track and distribute action items, supporting briefings and technical meeting agendas with all partners.
• Provide organizational and technical support for interagency communications, technical interface control and mission reporting.
• Generate integration status reports, interagency updates, and stakeholder briefing materials.
• Assist in risk identification and mitigation tracking.
• Ensure multi-PI development activities remain aligned with the system-level integration strategy.

Essential Functions

Work Environment: Office environment. Requires ability to provide clear, concise, accurate and timely communication, both verbally and in writing (100%). Requires ability to interact professionally with co-workers, management, and client (100%). Requires travel in the domestic USA as well as OCONUS locations (<10%).

Physical Requirements

Requires sitting for extended periods of time in meetings with peers, management, and with our client at NASA facilities to discuss technical issues (10%). Also, requires sitting for extended periods of time at a desk to write reports and perform engineering tasks (40%). Requires ability to use stairs or elevators for access between floors and multiple buildings at NASA and our facilities (10%).

Equipment and Machines

Requires ability to operate a personal computer, a telephone, fax machine, copier, calculator, and other general office equipment (100%).

Attendance

This is a part-time position - work schedule will be coordinated with the customer and will be dependent on the needs of the project schedule. Normal workday is from 7:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday. Minimal overtime may be required (10%) to meet schedule milestones and to support technical demands of the job. Regular attendance is a necessity and adequate arrangements for delegating duties during absences are required.

Other Essential Functions

The ability to work independently with minimal supervision, to make rational decisions, and to exercise good judgment is essential (100%). Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others. Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.