Sr. Project Manager for Gateway Avionic Systems (7FS) - ERC

Job Title

Sr. Project Manager for Gateway Avionic Systems (7FS) - 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:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Project Manager for Gateway Avionic Systems to join our JETS II team located at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.

What you'll do all day:

• Manage the full project of working with the NASA customer to oversee development, build, and integration of the Gateway Ready Avionics Integration Lab (GRAIL) Facility. The Lab is an avionics hardware and software integration and test facility for formal verification and validation of the function and performance of the overall Gateway avionics system across all modules and cross-program interfaces.
• Manage the team of experts in the GRAIL two major areas: the Test Operations Center (TOC) and the Avionics Test-Rig Area (ATA).
• The Sr Project Manager will manage the project schedule, procurement documentation, overall budget management including estimation within the company system and system requirements documents.
• Develop and support sub-project requirement and verification data packages.
• Manage the Project Team and perform issue management within the team.
• Work and present schedule and progress to both NASA JSC Customer and Program Customer.
• Participate in Systems Requirements Reviews, Preliminary & Critical Design Reviews, Technical Interchange Meetings, and peer reviews.
• 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 bachelor's degree in engineering and a minimum of 2 - 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Must have experience in a large integrated lab environment.
• Must have minimum of 10 years' experience with engineering management and project management.
• Should excel at understanding flight project schedule and modular hardware/software testing operations.
• Should excel at communication, risk management, scheduling, budgeting, team management.
• Should excel at Microsoft Project.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills along with the ability to work in a team environment.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and successfully complete a U.S. government background investigation.

Desired skills and experience for this position:

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited engineering school.
• This is a multi-year fast paced schedule. Preferred candidate to have option of working evenings.
• and/or weekends as needed to meet flight schedule as required.
• Past NASA experience or Military experience a plus.

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.