Systems Engineering Manager (supporting NASA)

Job Description

ASRC Research & Technology Solutions (ARTS), a subsidiary of ASRC Federal, is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager for projects and technology development in the area of Aeronautics and Air Traffic Management at NASA Ames Research Center.

Support the ATM-X project lead SE and Integration Team in coordination and tracking of SE activities across multiple subprojects. Support will include performance of various system engineering activities including requirements development, tracking measures of performance, risk management, developing and reviewing plans, documentation, and deliverables.

Duties Include

• Technical leadership
• Requirements management (develop, update, allocate, track implementation, control changes)
• Establish, refine, and document technical and Systems Engineering processes
• Update a Systems Engineering and Management Plan
• Develop ATM-X project-wide glossary/dictionary incorporating existing subproject dictionaries and FAA/industry terminology
• Use Cases and Scenarios development, refinement and traceability to high level objectives and system requirements
• Work with subproject system engineers and Technical Leads to identify success criteria, Measures of Effectiveness (MoEs), Measures of Performance (MoPs), Key Performance Parameters (KPPs)
• Develop and update System architecture and requirements
• Requirements verification and validation
• Review and develop system engineering work products ( requirements, architecture, APIs, sequence diagrams, use cases, scenarios, test plans, metrics, decision tracking)
• Identify, track and assess technical risks and develop mitigations
• Participate on Risk Management Board
• Coordinate with NASA partner projects and their development teams for integrating and testing
• Coordinate with external partners and their development teams for integrating and testing
• Configuration Management and maintenance of project documentation on Atlassian Confluence platform
• Tech Transfer documentation development
• Project schedule reporting and maintenance
• Ensures consistency of operations across the contract; manages resource allocations across the team
• Leads staff resource tracking and workload leveling; oversees OCI across the team
• Manage Technical staffing; interview and select candidates, determine raises, and recommend promotions, bonuses, and other employee actions
• Negotiate, approve, and administer all task actions; approve technical staff assignments; assign TOs to employees
• Manage budgets, forecasting and financial adjustment actions to meet the subcontract requirements
• Lead Contract Project Status Reviews with the Prime; provides financial coordination across the contract and reports contract status along with profits and losses to ASRC Federal management
• Manage the overall task staffing with a focus on upcoming needs, missing skills, workload projections, and program performance.

We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. This position is offering a pay range of $150,000 to $230,000 depending on experience, seniority, geographic locations, and other factors permitted by law. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.

Requirements

• Ability to understand project needs, goals and objectives and translate them into a technical solution
• 10+ years experience in Systems Engineering
• BS Sys Eng or BS degree in a technical field
• In-depth familiarity with systems engineering
• Experience as a technical lead with system-level responsibilities
• Current Citizen or person status
• Demonstrated ability to manage other personnel (5 or more persons) of varying levels of experience
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and manage financial budgets
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Experienced using Excel and Word applications
• NASA systems engineering processes and requirements (NPR

Desired Qualifications:

• Depth and knowledge of aeronautics
• Familiar with Air Traffic Management within the National Airspace System
• Knowledge of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), and/or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)