Test Readiness Review (TRR) Senior Project Leader

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.

Building on The Aerospace Corporation's reputation as a trusted, impartial advisor with integrity and dedication to mission success, the Civil Systems Group (CSG) combines deep technical expertise with market-leading innovation to help our customers solve complex systems engineering and integration challenges. CSG is organized by core customer-facing lines of business to manage and grow programs within NASA, NOAA, and the NNSA, while extending our capabilities to other civilian federal government agencies fully integrated within Aerospace rules, regulations, processes, values, and behaviors. 

Our team provides expert technical assistance for architecture design, spacecraft design, ground operations, mission integration, and advanced development and field testing.  You will collaborate with our NASA customer and industry contractors and vendors to ensure the success of high-priority space missions with challenging spacecraft design requirements.  Your work will potentially involve system development, manufacture, testing, and operations for multiple programs.  You must be willing to learn a broad range of new technologies and systems and confidently advise customers on making critical decisions. For this role, we seek a Test Readiness Review (TRR) Senior Project Leader (Senior Project Leader - Systems Test Engineering) to support the development, review, approval, and execution of suited testing sponsored or required by the NASA Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and Surface Mobility Program’s (EHP) EVA Development Office (DE).  

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. 

What You’ll Be Doing 

• Lead regular meetings of the team to provide training, share expert understanding, and conduct tactical planning for upcoming reviews of test events and facilities. 
• Manage team make-up through collaboration with DE and home organizations of the members of the team. 
• With delegated authority from EC5 branch management, review, assess, and approve hazard assessments and controls and accept risks for suited test activities, within the limits of the delegated authority from the EC5 Branch Chief. 
• Provide regular reports to EC5 Branch Management and the EVA Development Project on the team operations, accomplishments, planning, and issues. 
• Assist EC5 branch in managing the support resources for the team 
• Collaborate with suited testing stakeholders to improve test planning, review, and approval processes and activities to implement DE-related suited testing. 
• Support and lead, as required, issue and mishap response efforts in collaboration with institutional test authorities and hardware providers.  
• Streamline and expedite the response to issues in suited testing (DR’s, anomalies, failures, injuries, etc.) to minimize downtime for DE-sponsored suited testing. 
• Lead the reduction of institutional test management overhead by combining reviews, using common procedures, standardized HAs, and consistent test planning. 
• Provide consistent approach to TRR governance with different facilities and hardware. 
• Represent engineering subject matter expertise to other suited testing stakeholders to advocate and implement best practices in suited testing for engineering development. 
• Maintain a Standard Operating Procedure for the TRR Team, an explanatory “road show” presentation to inform other suited test stakeholders of the TRR Team’s purpose and scope. 
• Proactively lead cross-organizational resolution of suited testing issues to minimize impacts to the DE-sponsored test schedules.  

What You Need to be Successful - Test Readiness Review (TRR) Senior Project Leader (Senior Project Leader - Systems Test Engineering) 

Minimum Requirements: 

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredi