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! \n

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. Jacobs is NASA's largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. \n

We have an exciting opportunity for a Systems Engineer - Advanced Concepts to join our team with the Engineering Division.\n

** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this role; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. **\n

As an Advanced Concepts Systems engineer you will: work with NASA JSC Engineering's EX2 Branch to define NASA's future exploration architecture and elements for both Lunar and Mars exploration. This team uses the NASA's framework and architecture for future human exploration as a starting point for future studies. This team studies lunar surface systems, future habitats, and all aspects for future Human Mars missions.\n

This work may include:\n\nDevelop concepts and define future human space exploration vehicles and missions.\nStudy future Lunar mission campaigns, evaluating constraints across multiple space vehicles such as gateway, Orion and HLS. Concepts for\nLunar surface exploration campaigns and future long term Lunar surface missions will also be studied and developed.\nDevelop and evolve conceptual vehicles by working with multi discipline teams in a highly collaborative environment.\nWork on architecture definitions and functional flows.\nWork on requirements definition, flow-down, assessment.\nWork on trade studies and stakeholder reviews.\nWork in a team environment and report to the team lead to provide status on progress and issues and for support.\nMaintain a professional relationship with the NASA customer and other NASA support contractors.\nPerform other duties as required\u200b.\n\nQualifications\n

Requisition Qualifications:\n

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.\n\nTypically requires a bachelor's degree in Engineering with experience in the field or in a related area\n\n

Required - 3 or more of these skills.\n

NOTE: for entry level candidates - experience with universities projects is acceptable\n\nExperience with capturing trade space of potential 'system solutions' and establishing trade-study framework to allow evaluation of options.\nDeveloping and performing concept studies and parametric trade studies - along with documenting results.\nConceptual engineering architecture development and architecture analysis for space vehicles and systems of space vehicles.\nExperience in early program concept development and formulation.\nPre-Phase A engineering integration of space vehicle systems and across multiple vehicles operating in a system of systems.\nExperience with developing functional block diagrams and functional allocations.\nExperience creating concepts for operations of single vehicle systems as well as operations across multiple space vehicles.\nExperience with technology roadmap development and creating technology infusion plans.\nExperience with interface definition for vehicle subsystems.\nExperience collecting\/understanding stakeholder needs.\nExperience with interface definitions between multiple vehicles or elements of a mission.\nExperience creating configuration growth or evolution plans and defining incremental capabilities for a mission sequence.\nAbility to define mission sequences both within a single mission across multiple missions.\nKnowledge of systems engineering principles and associated documentation\u200b.\n\n

Requisition Preferences:\n\n\u200bExperience with NASA university programs such as L'Space Academy, Student Launch Initiative.\nExperience with student teams such as AIAA Design Build Fly, ASME Baja, Solar Car, Cube Sat.\nExperience working with multiple NASA organizations.\nExperience working across NASA centers.\nExperience with NASA sponsored or funded technology development.\nExperience with space mission analysis (e.g., orbit analysis, delta-V budgets, spacecraft constraint evaluation).\nFamiliarity with human space exploration systems (for example Orion, Commercial Crew, ISS, EMU\/xEMU).\nBasic knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures in the space hardware field, such as mechanical and electrical system design, engineering drawings and sketches, and material selection for engineering products\u200b.\n