Insight and Oversight Engineer - Rover (ADV0005I2)

Job Title

Insight and Oversight Engineer - Rover (ADV0005I2)

Career Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Type

Full-Time

Location

Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX 77058 US (Primary)

Job Description

For more than 30 years, ERC has been delivering the advantage needed to solve our customers' and the nation's toughest challenges. ERC is a trusted partner to the Defense and Space communities. We provide the advanced engineering, innovative technology, and subject-matter expertise to deliver the mission results our customers need to keep the nation safe and secure. Our unique solutions enhance readiness, optimize performance, and help ensure success in the air, on the ground and in space.

An essential part of our success is our corporate culture built on respect, empowerment, and collaboration. Our culture elevates our people, ensuring they provide best-in-class service and solutions to our customers. We always strive to do the right thing. We believe that are our people are our best asset and human connection our greatest strength.

Our ~2,000 employees work on the most critical missions in the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force (USAF), NASA, and Missile Defense Agency (MDA). We provide support for Test and Evaluation (T&E), Modeling & Simulation, Agile Software Development, Systems Engineering, and more. Our teams' current projects range from engineering and logistics support for vital space hardware to platform and weapons modeling, simulation, and engineering.

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Your role:

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. We have an exciting opportunity for an Insight and Oversight Engineer - Rover to join our team.

What you'll do all day:

The Rover Insight and Oversight Engineer will perform the following duties for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) and/or Pressurized Rover (PR) projects:

• Support lunar rover development for future Moon vehicle operations
• Provide insight/oversight to project teams and provide robotics subject matter expertise on the cabin and chassis elements of the rovers
• Remain cognizant of the planning, development, review, and maintenance of program requirements including Project Technical Requirements Specification (PTRS), Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Verification and Validation Document (V&VD)
• Support system design reviews and presentations to various boards
• Work with team members to identify risks, develop risk statements, and help them plan risk responses
• Oversee system level architecture trade studies and analyses that will influence the overall system design and performance
• Work in a team environment and report to the customer to provide status on progress, issues, and support needs
• Perform other duties as required

You will love this job if you:

• Are a self-starter and require little oversight to complete given tasks
• Enjoy a fast-paced work environment
• Love working with diverse groups of individuals, including engineers and technicians
• Are good at communicating with people
• Have a positive attitude
• Enjoy multitasking

Minimum requirements for this position:

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

• Requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and normally possess 5 - 10 years of related experience
• Prior experience with robotics, automotive, and/or automated mobility projects
• Experience with requirements development, design trades, risk analysis, and system analysis of space or automotive hardware
• Familiarity with robotic design and operations
• Basic knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in the space hardware field, such as mechanical and electrical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, material selection, and design software and tools
• Ability to prepare written documents and to verbally present at various meetings
• Familiarity with SharePoint and Microsoft Office products

Desired skills and experience for this position:

• Prior rover experience
• Prior experience in a Systems Engineering role or in a role with Systems Engineering touchpoints
• Experience with NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes
• Experience with the design, assembly, verification, testing, and operation of space or automotive hardware
• Working knowledge of NASA, JSC, and ISS standard practices and requirements including safety, fault tolerance, and unique disciplines
• Familiarity with NASA/JSC documentation databases and share point sites as well as typical systems engineering software products

What we offer:

• Competitive salaries
• Continuing education assistance
• Professional development allotment
• Multiple healthcare benefit packages
• 401K with employer matching
• Paid time off (PTO) along with federally recognized holiday schedule

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