Systems Engineer - GN&C

Systems Engineer – GN&C  

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JBS is looking for a Systems Engineer – GN&C to join a diverse, highly-skilled team to create unique solutions for complex problems involving space systems. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, this position is located at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL (ranked #11 in Best Places to Live by U.S. News). As a partner in NASA’s next generation of space exploration you will be helping write history.

The JBS team offers a partnership in which you can grow personally and professionally within a framework of strong leadership, competitive compensation, and rewarding career paths. Come join our team on the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract whose work is destined to have a long-range effect on future generations!   For more information on why Huntsville is known as “one of the smartest cities in the nation”, check out these websites:

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Position Description:

We are searching for highly qualified candidates to support Systems Engineering GN&C V&V activities for the SLS in the Control Systems Design and Analysis branch activities at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Provide GN&C Systems Integration support.
• Support of recurring and non-recurring meetings, design reviews and working groups.
• Coordinate requirements development, tracking and closeout.
• Support the integration, verification, and validation of GN&C analyses and models, flight software integration and test, and hardware level integration and test.
• Participate in cross-program and cross-discipline reviews and meetings. 
• Development and definition of specifications, requirements, systems architecture.
• Creation and review of program, system, and subsystem engineering documentation.
• Create, collect, and interpret data used to demonstrate requirement and compliance.
• Work with GN&C engineering leads and other engineering disciplines.

 Qualifications:

A degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field is required.  Degree from an ABET accredited institution preferred.  Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a PhD with at least 4 years of experience, an MS with at least 8 years of experience, or a BS with at least 10 years of experience. 

Experience: 

To be successful in this position, the applicant must be detail oriented, work independently and collaboratively with GN&C leads and other engineering disciplines, possess strong communication and interpersonal skills, and must have the ability to:

• Understand the relationship between GN&C products and other integrated systems.
• Derive GN&C system requirements to support program requirements and objectives.
• Define verification activities and success criteria to demonstrate requirement compliance.
• Work effectively in a multi-discipline team and interface with GN&C and other engineering discipline leads.

 Special consideration will be given to candidates with experience in:

• Guidance, navigation and control.
• Spacecraft and launch vehicle systems.
• Aerospace and/or defense industry.
• Project and/or requirements management.
• Modeling, simulation, and model based design.
• Matlab, C/C++, Python, VBA
• SIL/HIL testing.