Sr. SE&I Operations Engineer - SPIE

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Position Description:

Provide systems management support for the Space Launch System (SLS) Spacecraft and Payload Integration and Evolution (SPIE) Office at Kennedy Space Center.  The following areas of the SLS SPIE Element Office, services include:

SPIE SE&I:

• Provide design, development, qualification, and integration expertise for SLS Integrated Spacecraft and Payload Element (ISPE) hardware, managed by the Spacecraft/Payload Integration and Evolution Office (SPIE).
• Provide expertise associated with integrating ISPE hardware, including the Orion Stage Adapter (OSA), Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA), Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System (ICPS), Secondary Payload Accommodation System (SPAS), Universal Stage Adapter (USA) Fairing, Payload Adapter (PA), primary, secondary, and co-manifested payloads.
• Coordinate and perform systems engineering and integration activities pertinent to requirements definition/development, interface definition, identification of integration tasks/activities associated with Ground Support Equipment (GSE), ISPE flight/ground hardware during assembly, integrated testing, and launch operations.
• Maintain awareness/knowledge of SPIE Operations Maintenance Requirements and Specifications (OMRS), Launch Commit Criteria (LCC), Work Authorization Documents (WAD), Maximo Work Orders (WO), GSE, spare flight/ground hardware, consumables, released engineering products/requirements associated with SPIE for assembly, integration, test, and launch operations.

SPIE Operations Design Center Representative:

• Work closely with the Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Office and operations support prime contractors to troubleshoot/resolve assembly and integration issues by making real-time authoritative recommendations/decisions regarding ISPE hardware.
• Represents SPIE as a key member of the Problem Resolution Team (PRT) with EGS as the Design Center Point of Contact to collaborate with SPIE Operations Manager, Chief Engineering and Chief Safety Officer’s Offices, and OEM’s to reach technical consensus on any issues that affect operations with SPIE Hardware
• Participate in SLS/SPIE review/control boards, Interface Working Groups (WGs)