GN&C Deputy Discipline Lead

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Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

·         Acts as a NASA GN&C POC and interfaces with NASA’s HLS partners and cross-program organizations (Orion/Gateway/SLS).

·         Works closely with partner and cross-program organizations to resolve open requirements, and assist requirement maturation, seek understanding of a partner’s design/test data, potentially participate in partners’ tests, and lead Working Group meetings between partner and cross-program organizations.

·         Develop, track, and communicate HLS GN&C risks, concerns, and watch items associated with a particular partner to the HLS program.

·         Develop, present, and execute the HLS GN&C discipline elevated insight plans, independent analysis conducted by the HLS GN&C discipline, to inform HLS of design/mission risks. Work with HLS mission segment leads to identify areas where elevated insight is needed.

·         Lead HLS-GN&C insight meetings, NASA-only and with a partner. Support other HLS meetings as needed, with partners and NASA-only.

·         Provide status of HLS GN&C key insight activities to HLS (SVS and SE&I), and MSFC-EV department on a weekly/bi-weekly basis

·         Steward insight plan execution, including planning and direct analysis products and their fidelity.

·         Supports insight development of Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) cycles for the HLS GN&C discipline, which includes resource breakdown by center and branch needed by the HLS GN&C discipline to accomplish the insight plans.

·         Actively find NASA expert reviewers to assess key areas of partner risk. E.g. if an HLS partner is developing a GN&C sensor, seek expertise across NASA to review partner’s development plans to assess partners adequacy of qualification plans before certification for flight. 

·         Ensure HLS GN&C resources are utilized effectively to cover high priority insight tasks, including leveraging support from NASA centers (LaRC, JSC, JPL, et. al.) with key GN&C expertise.

·         Work with potential