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This position is based onsite at Johnson Space Center in Houston and supports projects for the DoW Space Test Program Houston office.\nYou will work with Payload Managers, engineering teams, NASA counterparts, government customers, payload developers, test facilities, and launch or host vehicle organizations to advance payloads through the mission lifecycle. Work includes requirements definition, interface management, design reviews, hardware and software integration, environmental testing, verification, flight certification, launch preparation, and operations readiness.\nThis role supports multiple projects and requires a system-level perspective, practical coordination across technical disciplines, and clear communication of technical status, risks, and results.\nResponsibilities\nPlan and coordinate systems engineering and payload integration activities with Payload Managers and discipline leads throughout the project lifecycle.\nDevelop, assess, baseline, maintain, and verify payload, experiment, host vehicle, launch vehicle, and internal interface requirements.\nDevelop and maintain requirements verification plans, verification matrices, closure strategies, and verification status metrics.\nLead or support the development and configuration control of interface control documents, applicability matrices, and technical agreements.\nCoordinate technical interfaces across mechanical, structural, electrical power, command and data handling, thermal, software, safety, mission assurance, operations, and ground systems teams.\nProvide technical guidance to payload developers and Principal Investigator teams to help ensure designs and products meet mission, host vehicle, launch vehicle, safety, and integration requirements.\nPlan and support technical interchange meetings and reviews, including requirements reviews, Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, and Mission Readiness Reviews.\nPrepare and coordinate review materials, briefings, integration plans, test plans, procedures, reports, action items, and decision records.\nAssess system design maturity, interface compatibility, verification readiness, and technical risk. Identify issues early and coordinate resolution or mitigation plans.\nSupport hardware and software development, integration, functional testing, environmental testing, end-to-end testing, and troubleshooting of integrated payload systems.\nCoordinate test objectives, configurations, facilities, instrumentation, procedures, readiness reviews, data products, and post-test verification results.\nCollect, review, integrate, and submit verification evidence, including analyses, inspections, tests, certificates of compliance, and verification reports.\nSupport configuration management and maintain technical records for requirements, interfaces, reviews, decisions, actions, discrepancies, and verification closure.\nSupport flight certification, turnover, launch-site processing, operations readiness, and on-orbit checkout as mission needs require.\nParticipate in project meetings to provide technical status, coordinate priorities, and communicate schedule, risk, and resource impacts.\nContribute to improvements in systems engineering, requirements management, integration, test, and verification processes.\nRequired Qualifications\nMust be a U.S. Citizen\nMust be eligible to undergo the required Tier 5 background investigation, formerly known as an SSBI.\nBachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.\n5+ years of relevant experience in space systems, payload integration, or complex hardware and software development.\nWorking knowledge of requirements development and maintenance, verification planning and matrices, and interface control documentation.\nAbility to prepare system-level review materials and present technical status, risks, and recommendations to customers or review boards.\nFamiliarity with multidisciplinary technical reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and MRR.\nBackground coordinating hardware and software integration and test activities for complex technical systems.\nAbility to evaluate technical data, identify cross-discipline impacts, resolve integration issues, and communicate recommendations clearly.\nSelf-starter able to take initiative, manage multiple priorities, and work effectively with project managers, technical leads, customers, payload developers, and colleagues.\nAbility to travel in support of payload integration, testing, launch-site, and mission activities.\nPreferred Qualifications\nMaster’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field.\nFamiliarity with government contracts, DoD, DoW, or NASA programs; human-rated spaceflight payloads; ISS payloads; hosted payloads; or free-flying satellite missions.\nKnowledge of NASA, DoD, launch vehicle, host vehicle, safety, mission assurance, or spaceflight verification standards and processes.\nFamiliarity with requirements management and verification tools, configuration management, discrepancy reporting, action tracking, and acceptance data packages.\nExposure to payload integration, environmental test campaigns, end-to-end testing, launch-site processing, or on-orbit operations preparation.\nKnowledge of satellite or payload RF systems or telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C).\nAbility to support project planning, schedules, milestones, estimates, staffing plans, and status reporting.\nBackground tracking technical performance, risks, issues, actions, dependencies, scope, priorities, resources, and deliverables across multiple teams.\nAbility to lead small technical teams, work packages, or integrated activities through planning, execution, and closure.\nBenefits\nAegis Aerospace offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:\nMedical, dental, and vision insurance\nEmployer-paid and voluntary life insurance\nShort-term and long-term disability coverage\n401(k) retirement plan\nPaid time off and company holidays\nEmployee assistance program\nEducation or professional-development assistance\nAdditional voluntary benefits\nBenefits eligibility and specific plan provisions are governed by the applicable plan documents and company policies.\nAbout Aegis Aerospace\nWe are a woman-owned space and technology company headquartered in Houston, TX. 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