Senior Project Leader - Environmental Control & Life Support

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.

At Aerospace, we are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace for all employees to share in our common passion and aspiration – to carry out a mission much bigger than ourselves.

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.

As a member of the Aerospace Civil Systems Group Human Space Flight team, you will be responsible for providing project leadership and portfolio management of science, research and development initiatives supporting NASA programs.

This is a full-time position, 100% onsite at Johnson Space Center.

What You’ll Be Doing

• As an Aerospace Human Space Flight Project Leader, you will be required to provide support to NASA program offices as they formulate plans and requirements for science and research activities.
• You will assist with program office matters such as acquisition, cost, and schedule development matters, including consultations on payload integration matters.
• You will serve as a technical specialist and project manager, tasked with requirements development, interface definition, science planning, and integration.
• You will coordinate requirements, technical objectives, interfaces, and standards with domain experts and team members.
• You will be a member of or leading a team and assisting in planning, acquisition, and development projects.
• You will assist in technology planning and development; performing evaluation of project plans and payloads; develop procurement specifications; prepare details of analytical reports, including preliminary findings and recommendations.

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate STEM subject area
• 12 or more years of relevant experience after bachelor’s degree
• Experience managing a human space flight project from formulation to execution
• Experience working across many human space flight subject areas to formulate your analysis and recommendation
• Experience working development initiatives associated with emergency response such as gas and fire safety technologies, etc.
• Experience working with NASA, International Partners and commercial providers
• Ability to prepare and present decision packages and change requests in a professional manner is key
• Willing to travel as needed or once per quarter
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• Advanced degree in an appropriate STEM subject area
• Experience and ability to integrate across teams and present findings and recommendations to customers and peers
• Ability to work independently and serve as a leader with vision on your scope of work
• 15 or more years of increasingly responsible and related human spaceflight engineering, project management and customer engagement experience
• Current and active security clearance

Leadership Competencies

Our leadership philosophy is simple: every employee, regardless of level and role, can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace, our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders, we want individuals who:

• Operate Strategically
• Lead Change   
• Engage with Impact   
• Foster Innovation   
• Deliver Results  

Ways We Reward Our Employees

During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits.

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