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We are a leading service and expertise provider for high-tech commercial ventures, spanning communications, earth observation and remote sensing systems and data products, to the infrastructures that support earth orbiting and beyond earth orbit businesses.\nStellar Solutions is seeking a senior systems engineer/project manager to support NASA's Unified Network and Navigation Operations (UNNO) Project Office. NASA’s UNNO project is consolidating the management, operations, maintenance, and sustainment of its two major communication networks-the Near Space Network (NSN) and the Deep Space Network (DSN)-into a single, integrated \"One Network\" operational framework. This position requires the ability to identify, analyze and solve NASA's programmatic challenges in new or different ways that involve the application of management, contracting and engineering best practices to achieve success.\nRole/Responsibilities/Qualifications\nAs a member of the NASA Data Analysis and Technical Support Services II (DATSS-II) team, the successful candidate will be working in the UNNO Project Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, AL, and be responsible for providing direct support to UNNO’s Project and Deputy Project Managers in the following areas:\nProgram/Project Management\nAcquisitions Strategy Development and Acquistion\nSystems Engineering and Integration Processes\nDevelopment and Execution of Program/Project Governance and Business Processes\nPerformance Assessment and Reporting\nBudget Development and Program Execution\nRisk Management\nSchedule Management\nThe successful candidate will advise and support the Project and Deputy Project Managers and other senior office managers during all phases of project execution on mission critical issues while providing programmatic, acquisition, and systems engineering and integration expertise to the UNNO Project Office. This position requires considerable subject matter expertise in order to provide credible recommendations to senior program/project leadership. Demonstrated program/project management experience is required, as well as a working knowledge of federal procurement processes. Performance of tasks in this full-time position is expected to take place in a hybrid environment distributed between on-site work at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama and off-site work at a remote location (e.g., home). All information systems and tools will be provided by the Government and Stellar Solutions.\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering or a STEM-related field\nMinimum of 15 years space systems program/project management and systems engineering and integration experience, including acquisition of space systems\nWorking knowledge of NASA program/project management and systems engineering principles and applying those principles to NASA space flight programs\nDemonstrated initiative and ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of customers, senior leadership, program managers, mission managers, systems engineers and chief engineers\nPossess strong interpersonal skills and be able to achieve results within organizationally diverse teams through influence rather than direction\nAbility to travel up to other NASA centers and supplier locations, up to 1- week per month on average\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster’s degree in Engineering or a STEM-related field\nMinimum of 20 years experience in space systems program/project management,to include financial management, schedule management, and risk management; systems engineering and integration; research and development; and acquisition and procurement management support \nDemonstrated expertise in developing strategic relationships with industry and Government agencies/partners\nDemonstrated experience in project management, and a familiarity with NASA’s program management fundamentals and mission development processes\nDemonstrated understanding of Systems Engineering fundamentals (including concept development, systems requirements, implementation, interface management, system integration, and verification)\nProfessional certification in program management, contracting, systems engineering or other applicable fields\nLocation:\nHybrid, on-site at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL, and Remote.\nDeliverable(s)\nDeliverables will be in the format of reports, briefings, spreadsheets, or other documents as directed by the Government, using government approved and/or mandated systems/software and processes governed by guidance/instructions/policy or direction.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5156,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":20,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-03T22:03:00Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":70,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.884,"p_room":0.788,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":4,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-11-07T05:47:08Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/stellar-solutions-senior-systems-engineerproject-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/stellar-solutions-senior-systems-engineerproject-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-08T05:19:38Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11574,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-09T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1947974},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1947974"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fstellar-solutions-senior-systems-engineerproject-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fstellar-solutions-senior-systems-engineerproject-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fstellar-solutions-senior-systems-engineerproject-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/stellar-solutions-senior-systems-engineerproject-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fstellar-solutions-senior-systems-engineerproject-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3708340}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"stellarsolutions.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3708340},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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