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That’s why we offer an array of exciting opportunities for your career development. From the transformative Team Lead Academy to education reimbursement, personalized mentoring, and engaging company-sponsored networking events, you have the power to shape your professional journey in a way that aligns with your aspirations.\nFind Your Community\nAt the heart of our thriving business are the incredible people who make it all possible. We celebrate a vibrant array of cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. Here, we foster an environment where everyone-employees, clients, and partners alike-are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.\nPrioritize Your Well-Being\nOur extensive benefits package is designed with your health in mind. Enjoy wellness programs, paid holidays, generous time off, employee perks, and so much more. We’re here to help you achieve a harmonious balance in your life-both at work and at home.\nTogether, We Soar\nOur dynamic team consists of 10 companies united in a single mission: to venture from Moon to Mars and beyond. Join us on this extraordinary adventure!\nThis position has been aligned with Amentum Space Exploration Division. To learn more, clickhere\nPosition Description:\nEngineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) Team Leads serve as first line supervisors and oversee the Task Orders and personnel that support the requirements defined in the ESSCA Performance Work Statement, plus any additional skills that may be required in support of Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED). They ensure that high performing people are acquired through disciplined human resources processes and are appropriately trained, developed and perform to ASED policy and standards. Team Leads are responsible for the proactive management of assigned Task Orders and personnel to ensure effective accomplishment of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) requirements.\nThe ESSCA Spacecraft and Vehicle Systems Department has a Guidance, Navigation & Control Mission Analysis Team Lead position available. The Team Lead responsibility may be combined with some percentage of technical task work. The Team Lead will lead a team that provides support to the Guidance, Navigation & Mission Analysis Branch (EV42) located at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).\nResponsibilities include:\nLead a strong and high performing team to succeed in delighting the government customer and ASED management.\n\nProvide oversight of individual and team technical performance and confirm the technical quality of the work products generated by ASED personnel.\n\nProvide technical area supervision to include assigning and balancing team skills to various task orders to meet customer and ASED management expectations.\n\nCollaborate with the Department Manager/Deputy Department Manager to assign and develop personnel for subtask efforts and to broaden and develop personnel skills.\n\nConduct task/subtask resource allocation, tracking, and control including forecasting future resource/skills/development needs.\n\nIdentify and manage cost/technical/schedule risks to ensure accomplishment of Task Order requirements, ESSCA goals and objectives, and the ASED annual business plan.\n\nImplement the ESSCA safety program for the team, and lead by example in our safety culture. Engage in and conduct the shared MSFC and ASED safety duties of performing Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) and Personnel Protective Equipment (PPEs) assessments and conducting Safety Meetings and Safety Visits.\n\nPerform hiring functions to meet team support requirements: define position requirements; conduct candidate recruiting; lead interviewing and selection; and perform on-boarding activities.\n\nDevelop employee goals and objectives and conduct performance evaluations and face to face reviews if applicable. Support disciplinary processes with team personnel if needed.\n\nTrain and develop team personnel thru on-the-job training, strategic technical assignments, peer-to-peer training, classes, etc.\n\nUtilize the Individual Development Plan (IDP) tool for employee career development.\n\nUtilize the ASED and customer awards and recognition programs to acknowledge team performance and drive team morale.\n\nReview and approve employee travel and training needs and requests and associated expense reports.\n\nEstablish and oversee specialty subcontracting requirements in collaboration with the ASED Business and Finance Office (BFO) to include coordination of task assignments and performance. Develop subcontractor Statements of Work (SOW) and manage subcontractors.\n\nSupport the Department Manager/Deputy Department Manager in preparing Operations Review material. Provide biweekly status of team significant accomplishments, kudos, process improvements, success stories and cost savings.\n\nEnsure that tasks and subtasks are written and estimated correctly and that task and subtask technical, schedule and financial performance meet expectations.\n\nTeam Leads will provide support to ESSCA contract operations in the areas of:\nEnsure excellent customer relations and harmonious team dynamics and operations through excellent conflict resolution.\n\nEnsure effective customer communication. Conduct Customer Expectation Surveys, Customer Communication Meetings, mid-term and End-of-Evaluation Period Task Order Performance Presentation/Self-Assessments.\n\nFacilitate excellent coordination/communication/collaboration with other Team Leads, ASED management, Teammate Principals, ESSCA Technical Fellows, BFO and HR.\n\nSupport ASED leadership communication, sharing, and development of best practices for MSFC and across ESSCA.\n\nActively work with ASED and MSFC personnel to explore new work areas and develop new task scope.\n\nLead and supervise personnel in the technical accomplishment of task orders.\n\nDrive employee awareness and commitment to personal safety, mission success and client satisfaction.\n\nNotify ASED management and appropriate Teammate Principal of activities that could require disciplinary and/or safety actions.\n\nEnsure the technical quality of the work products generated by team personnel. Establish and implement processes in the ASED Performance Management System (JPMS). Ensure products are delivered on time in accordance with subtask schedules and customer expectations.\n\nCoordinate subcontractor task assignment and performance.\n\nStrategically assign personnel to broaden and develop their skills and provide points of contact for each Task Order or Subtask.\n\nLeverage broad experience/familiarity to effectively apply the technologies and tools used in technical discipline.\n\nConduct special projects as assigned by Department Manager or Deputy Department Manager.\n\nQualifications:\nA STEM degree or a degree in a related field is required. Degree from an ABET-accredited university is preferred. A MS or Ph.D. degree is very desirable. Typically, educational requirements are the equivalent of a Ph.D. with a minimum 9 years of experience; MS with at least 13 years of experience; or a BS with at least 15 years of experience.\n\nExcellent verbal communication, written communication, interpersonal skills and organizational skills are required.\n\nGuidance, Navigation, and Control experience required.\n\nMentoring experience required.\n\nTechnical leadership and engineering management experience highly desired:\n6DOF/3DOF/general knowledge of optimization\n\nPrevious space mission experience - Artemis experience or lander experience better. Complex multi-vehicle missions better.\n\nSkills performing analysis or mission design in one or more of our relevant flight regimes (Earth Ascent, Outbound, Ascent, Descent, Disposal, RPOD (Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking)\n\nExperience working through groups being pulled multiple directions at the same time and getting them to focus and align with top priorities.\n\nDemonstrated skills in the areas of technical management and systems management to support evaluation of MSFC programs and projects are highly desired.\n\nEssential Functions\nWork Environment:\nOffice environment. Requires ability to provide clear, concise, accurate and timely communication, both verbally and in writing (100%). Requires ability to interact professionally with co-workers, management, and client (100%). Requires travel in the domestic USA (5%). Requires ability to work at a computer for long periods of time (100%).\nPhysical Requirements:\nRequires sitting for extended periods of time in meetings with peers, management, and with our client at NASA facilities to discuss technical issues (10%). Also, requires sitting for extended periods of time at a desk to write reports and perform engineering tasks (80%). Requires ability to use stairs or elevators for access between floors and multiple buildings at NASA and our facilities (10%).\nEquipment and Machines:\nRequires ability to operate a personal computer, a telephone, fax machine, copier, calculator, and other general office equipment (100%).\nAttendance:\nNormal workday 7:30-4:30, Monday thru Friday. Minimal overtime may be required (10%) to meet schedule milestones and to support technical demands of the job. Regular attendance is a necessity, and adequate arrangements for delegating duties during absences are required.\nOther Essential Functions:\nThe ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and to make rational decisions, and to exercise good judgment is essential (100%). Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk/hazard to the employee or others.\nProof of U.S. Citizenship is required.\n#ESSCA #ASED #Amentum\nCompensation Details:\nTLThe compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.\nBenefits Overview:\nOur health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:\nHealth, dental, and vision insurance\n\nPaid time off and holidays\n\nRetirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)\n\nEducational reimbursement\n\nParental leave\n\nEmployee stock purchase plan\n\nTax-saving options\n\nDisability and life insurance\n\nPet insurance\n\nNote: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.\nOriginal Posting:\n11/02/2026 - Until FilledAmentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.\nAmentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. 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