Software Systems Engineering Lead (ADV0005WZ) - ERC

Job Title

Software Systems Engineering Lead (ADV0005WZ) - ERC

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 a Software Systems Engineering Lead to join our team with JETS II.

** 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. **

What you'll do all day:

• Maintain a professional relationship with the NASA customer and other NASA support contractors
• Perform duties as the Software Engineering Deputy Section Manager & Deputy Task Order Manager
• Interface with NASA Software Engineering Leads
• Interface with Software Engineering oversight teams
• Review and advise Software Engineering oversight efforts
• Demonstrate excellent communication, collaboration, and coordination skills
• Work in a fast-paced, Agile environment
• Collaborate with the software development team
• Provide temporary software engineering surge support
• Promote a culture of caring and safety both at work and away from work
• 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.

• Bachelor's degree in a related area and possess 10 years of experience in the field or in a related area
• Experience in Safety Critical Human-Rated Software Development
• Experience leading a software development project across the full development life cycle
• Experience in risk assessment and implementation of risk reducing measures
• Experience fostering a collaborative team environment
• Proficiency with team collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, Webex, Skype, Sharepoint, Jira
• Must be able to organize and prioritize tasks in order to meet deadlines and schedules with limited supervision
• Ability to prepare written documents/presentations and to verbally present at various meetings
• Must have strong time management and organizational skills
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Able to oversee a team of professionals working on multiple small and large projects concurrently
• Excellent communication, negotiation and coordination skills and strong customer service attitude
• Effectively communicate across a wide range of technical disciplines, with vendors/contractors, direct customers, and upper management
• US Citizenship is required for all applicants

Desired skills and experience for this position:

• Experience with NASA NPR 7150.2 or DO178C
• Experience with NASA Safety Standards and requirements, NASA-STD-8739.8, that drive the processes for Safety Critical Software Development
• Previous Task Order Management experience
• System and software configuration management
• System tuning and performance analysis
• System requirements analysis
• Software Development Life Cycle familiarity
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and associated documentation
• Experience with Core Flight System (cFS) Applications (or similar flight software - framework)
• Experience with Time Triggered Ethernet (or similar protocols such as ARINC 664)
• Experience with Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
• Experience working as part of an Integrated Product Team to develop avionic systems
• Experience with Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery (FDIR) for Distributed Avionics
• Architectures - Experience with Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)

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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