Project Engineer / AI&T Technical Lead

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!     

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Engineer / AI&T Technical Lead to join the team with Bastion, a teammate company.

** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. **

Position Summary

We are seeking a Project Engineer / Assembly, Integration, and Test Technical Lead to support the development, build, integration, test, and flight support of a Suit Mass Simulator for Launch Environment Characterization Testing on the Human Landing System lander.

This position will be responsible for leading the Assembly, Integration, and Test effort for the Suit Mass Simulator, including coordination of hardware components, subcomponents, subsystems, vehicle interfaces, test planning, build documentation, anomaly resolution, and in-flight test support. The role requires a strong understanding of NASA-JSC flight hardware development, hardware build processes, integrated test operations, and the discipline required to prepare hardware for use in a flight or flight-support environment.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who can operate across engineering disciplines, coordinate with project stakeholders, manage complex interfaces, and drive hardware through assembly, integration, verification, and operational support.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the Assembly, Integration, and Test effort for the Suit Mass Simulator, including planning, coordination, execution, and technical oversight of hardware build and test activities.

• Coordinate the assembly of Suit Mass Simulator components, subcomponents, and subsystems, ensuring proper configuration, documentation, inspection, and readiness for integration.

• Lead integration of the Suit Mass Simulator hardware with itself and with vehicle interfaces, including HLS lander systems such as Command and Data Handling, structures, power, mechanical interfaces, instrumentation, and related support equipment.

• Develop and maintain AI&T plans, build flows, test flows, integration schedules, risk items, open work tracking, and readiness criteria.

• Coordinate across engineering disciplines, including systems engineering, mechanical, electrical, avionics, software, instrumentation, operations, safety, quality, configuration management, and test teams.

• Support development and execution of hardware test plans, test procedures, verification activities, functional checks, interface tests, and integrated system tests.

• Ensure hardware build and test activities are performed i