Gateway Program Vehicle Systems Integration Lead Senior Program Engineer

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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. 

Within the CSG, the Human Exploration and Space Flight (HESF) Division supports our NASA customer in all aspects of human space flight. We are looking for a Gateway Vehicle Systems Integration Lead, Senior Program Engineer (Senior Project Engineer- Technical Project Management). The primary function of this position is to ensure technical risks are assessed, evaluated, coordinated, and communicated across all levels of the Gateway Program. This includes expert level understanding of the implications of technical risks, then providing Gateway senior management with narrative explanation of these implications, as well as recommended mitigation options for the risks. 

Work Model 

This is a full-time position based at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, offering a hybrid work model that combines 3-4 regular onsite workdays and remote flexibility as the business needs allow.   

What You’ll Be Doing  

• Functioning as the Lead Technical Integrator for Gateway. This includes, but is not limited to: 
• Commanding technical expertise down to the individual system level, while simultaneously comprehending and communicating the overall programmatic implications of technical details 
• Providing technical risk management to the Gateway Vehicle Systems Integration (VSI) Office 
• Implementing and overseeing technical integration packages across all 4 offices that make up Gateway VSI Office 
• Facilitating open communication/interaction among all Program technical participants/providers 
• Functioning as liaison between participants/providers and Gateway senior leadership 
• Providing Gateway senior leadership with expert recommendations/technical guidance. This includes, but is not limited to: 
• Making recommendations to senior-level Gateway Program management on all technical risks, including managing quarterly risk reviews 
• Analyzing and assessing quarterly risk reviews, dashboards, expenditures, etc. 
• Providing Gateway senior management with a coordinated “Big Picture” on the overall status of the Program 
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may ch