Lighting Systems 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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a  Lighting Systems Lead  to join our JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX .

If selected you will :

• The Lighting System Lead will be supporting the Computer Human Interface for the Lighting System.
• Lead SE&I efforts for the various support any Artemis human spaceflight programs Lighting system, ensuring alignment with architecture, design, and mission requirements.
• Support Engineering flight project schedules, procurement documentation, budgets and system requirements documentation.
• Develop and maintain requirements and verification data packages across the full system lifecycle.
• Coordinate and conduct integration, verification, and validation (IV&V) activities.
• Align system requirements with hardware specifications and verification strategies.
• Facilitate the integration of the various support any Artemis human spaceflight programs Lighting system within the greater vehicle architecture through communication with other SMEs and system managers.
• Provide user-centered feedback during design phases to optimize human-system interaction.
• Interface with sub-system vendors to clearly express NASA expectations and evaluate design solutions.
• Support ground and flight operations testing, including test plan development, oversight, evaluation, and documentation of end items.
• Review verification and validation reports to ensure compliance with system requirements.
• Participate in major program reviews : SRR, PDR, CDR, and others.
• Perform and evaluate architecture trade studies and system-level analyses to inform system design.
• Identify and manage risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Develop plans and procedures in support of flight crew and ground operators during all mission phases.
• Provide engineering insight and operational awareness to Mission Control during all mission phases.
• Present technical and schedule updates to internal and external customers.
• Collaborate across disciplines in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.
• Work with team members and leads to identify risks, develop risk statements, and plan risk responses
• Work and present schedule and progress to customers
• Perform other duties as required
• Must have good communication and organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment

Qualifications :

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.

Preferred Qualifications :

Benefits

Mclaurin is a unique organization with a special focus on combining the best features of research and industry in order to foster innovation. Our organization strongly supports research, publication, and engagement with the academic community. We encourage our employees to remain on the cutting edge of new developments in their respective disciplines.

US Citizenship and the ability to pass a comprehensive security background investigation is required.

Mclaurin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.