Deputy Director, Engineering

We are launching people to the Moon and Mars. If you want to be part of this amazing mission and enjoy working in a great team environment, we would love to have you as part of our team that is making history, today. It takes big ideas and determination to take NASA's vision and make it reality. That's what we do every day.

The COMET contract provides overall management and implementation of ground systems capabilities, flight hardware processing, and launch operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. These tasks will support the International Space Station, Ground Systems Development and Operations, and the Space Launch System, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and Launch Services programs.

Responsibilities:

• Alongside the Engineering Director, lead the overall operations of Engineering Directorate staff within general COMET and NASA Program objectives; develop and recommend plans/programs for implementation to continuously improve performance and gain efficiencies; and provide evaluation of results to plans, programs, and internal/external personnel.
• Areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to:
  • Demonstrate support to the COMET/NASA safety program and actively engage/lead the overall engineering team to create an incident and injury free environment.
  • Set strategic goals for operational efficiency and increased productivity while leveraging recent and relevant industry best-practices.
  • Maintain consistent customer communications to gain a clear understanding of customer needs & priorities. 
    • Partner deliverable expectations and major schedule milestones.
  • Prepare Directorate resource estimates and comply with overall Operating Plan and NASA short/long-term budget limitations.
  • Appropriately collaborate across Directorates within COMET – focusing on the integration required for positive outcomes.
  • Oversee management staff to ensure COMET engineering practices comply with NASA/KSC design standards as well as other appropriate local and federal regulatory requirements.
  • Hold the engineering management team and subordinate organizations accountable to ensure design and operational schedule commitments are met.
  • Interpret, develop, and implement transformative and effective policies and procedures within contract/Program guidelines.
  • Serve as an advisor to executive management on matters within areas of Engineering responsibility.
    • Serve as a member of corporate committees as required
  • Perform a variety of other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

The candidate must possess a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related engineering/science field from an accredited college or university as well as fifteen (15) years of related experience, or a master’s degree with thirteen (13) years of related experience, or a PhD and nine (9) years of related experience. Experience must include at least five (5) years of successfully managing engineering personnel.

·         Demonstrated leadership skills as evidenced by prior senior management and supervisory experience.

·         Demonstrated track record of delivery excellence, continuous improvement, and strategic visioning with proof points of implementing significant initiatives that provide measurable positive quality and