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Interfaces with NASA contractors and civil servant personnel.\nMAJOR JOB ACTIVITIES:\nThis position will be responsible for:\nParticipates in various meetings related to the NASA programs including technical tag-ups, system definition review (SDR) and critical design review (CDR) presentations, lecture series, Joint Configuration Control Panel (CCP) Test Review Board (TRB), and Systems Engineering and Integration Control Board teams meetings.\nReviews and provides comments on program documents related to Space-to-Ground Network Systems, Space RF Interface Control Documents, Ground Control Interfaces for Starlab and Orbital Reef, and program Safety and Mission Assurance Plan (SMAP).\nDevelops system requirements and interface documentation.\nVerifies and assesses that commercial companies design, develop, integrate, and test communications systems to support program mission destinations.\nReviews commercial companies’ test plans and system review packages and verifies that commercial destinations meet program requirements.\nInterfaces with NASA contractors, civil servant personnel, Commercial Company destination provider teams, and teammate subcontractors.\nVerifies commercial destination companies properly perform spacecraft communications end-to-end testing with relay satellites and ground systems.\nVerifies that commercial destination companies properly manage technical integration and testing operations.\nProvides inputs, as needed, for risks, budgets, policy updates, and technical changes.\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:\nEducation:\nAA or Military Tech School in electronics, satellite operations or equivalent. 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