Missions Operations Lead (Logisitican and Supportability Engineer)

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 Missions Operations Lead (Logisitican and Supportability Engineer)  to join our JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX .

If selected you will :

• Lead the development, implementation and execution of the engineering support required for effective MACS mission operations
• Develop and maintain operations procedures, rules, checklists, alarms for nominal and off-nominal mission operations
• Manage on- and off-console engineering support operations and ensure the engineering team is properly trained, equipped, and supported.
• Develop a mechanism to provide high materiel availability of the operations facility
• Serve as liaison between Engineering (design, test, systems) and Mission Operations : ensure engineering knowledge is identified and transitioned to ops products.
• Monitor system performance, health, and trending : identify long-term degradations, aging effects, drift, resource depletion (e.g., power, thermal, communications).
• Support mission replanning efforts : when anomalies or resource constraints / environmental conditions demand adjustments, manage trade-offs, coordinate with the operations team to adjust traverse plans, schedules, etc.
• Lead anomaly investigation and resolution activities, including identification of root causes and implementation of corrective actions.
• Effectively coordinate with Mission Operations, Science, Navigation, Driver, and Payload Operators to ensure operational decisions reflect engineering constraints.
• Ensure operations products (alarms, procedures, operational documentation) accurately reflect the capabilities and limitations of the MACS.
• Support pre-mission simulations and rehearsals.
• Work with stakeholders on integration efforts
• Identify and support the development of operations tools : command scripting, timeline tools, telemetry / telecommand systems, mission trending dashboards

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.

Preferred Qualifications :

Benefits

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.