Lunar Rover Systems Engineer

2 weeks ago


Houston, United States Coda Solutions Corporation Full time

Coda Solutions Corporation

Job Title: Lunar Rover Systems Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Employee Type: Regular

Location: NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX


About Coda Solutions Corporation: Coda Solutions Corporation is renowned for its relentless commitment to customer delight through innovation and efficiency. As a lean and dynamic company, we focus on delivering exceptional solutions to complex challenges, enhancing the effectiveness of our clients' missions in the aerospace and defense sectors.

What You’ll Get to Do: As a Project Systems Engineer at Coda Solutions, you will work in a collaborative environment to influence and guide the design of a pressurized lunar rover to ferry astronauts across the lunar surface. You will collaborate with an internationally diverse systems engineering team. You will play a pivotal role in guiding the technical direction and integration of the rover from inception through certification. This role involves comprehensive responsibilities that evolve with the project lifecycle, requiring adaptability and a proactive approach.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical leadership and integration across various disciplines, ensuring cohesive team operations and project success.
  • Lead technical teams in planning and executing design analysis cycles and trade studies.
  • Develop and manage systems engineering processes tailored to project needs.
  • Participate in the creation and management of system architectures, functional flows, and technical baselines.
  • Engage in critical path and technical risk management, as well as configuration and data management throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Plan and lead major project reviews, internal reviews, test campaigns, and certification processes.
  • Coordinate and manage test and verification processes, emphasizing environmental, human in the loop, and interface testing.
  • Coordination and management of qualification and acceptance test requirement definition, assessment, and flow-down from system to unit (component) level
  • Support hardware owners in establishing overall hardware qualification and acceptance test planning to meet applicable requirements
  • Test and verification leadership with emphasis on environmental, human in the loop, and interface testing


You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

  • U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency.
  • Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field. Higher degrees are valued.
  • Minimum 10 years (proven) NASA or Department of Defense (DOD) experience in delivering flight hardware and systems engineering activities at the project or program level. More experience is highly valued.
  • Test campaign planning and execution experience.
  • Superior communication and interpersonal skills, capable of working effectively with both domestic and international teams.

Desirable Qualifications:

  • SharePoint experience.
  • Experience with international collaboration, especially the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA)
  • Proficiency with Doors and MagicDraw tools.
  • Familiarity with NASA-JSC systems and processes.
  • Knowledge of the Japanese language or culture is a plus.

Additional Requirements:

  • Availability for periodic evening meetings to accommodate international partners in other time zones (6-8PM Central time is typical. Optional remote tie-in from home is acceptable for these meetings.)
  • Potential for occasional international travel to Japan. (less than 10% estimated)
  • Colocation with the project team at JSC is necessary.
  • Office of Government Ethics Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, may be required.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary range from $95,000 to $180,000+ based on experience and qualifications.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and a 6% matching 401(k) plan.
  • A vibrant, collegial working environment where innovation and initiative are highly valued.



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