Ground Integration Engineer I

This position is for a Ground Integration Engineer I (GIE) with the KLXS III contract Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) group supporting NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at Kennedy Space Center. This work involves technical integration efforts across the EGS, Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) elements, as well as various engineering disciplines throughout the product life cycle. This includes providing technical expertise in the oversight, execution, and closure of program requirements, supporting program level trade studies and subsystem testing for requirement verification activities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide a Systems Engineering interface to various sub-systems operations.

• Perform cross-system technical integration, operations and launch requirements development, and management and implementation planning for ground/vehicle/payload hardware/software processing, launch and recovery.

• Provide systems engineering and integration functions to enable successful implementation and certification of ground systems, ground support equipment, and facility systems (that could include complex ground command and control systems and flight-element-specific hardware/software).

• Provide systems engineering and integration support to Ground Support Equipment testing during processing operations as well as launch countdown support from the Firing Room Integration Console.

• Responsible for developing requirements, stakeholder expectations, design verification objectives, design validation objectives, and ensuring they are allocated to the implementing organization and subsystems and that all are satisfied by objective evidence.

• Responsible for defining and maintaining interface requirements and controls with Artemis ground and flight elements (including successive block revisions of launch vehicles and spacecraft) with other supporting NASA field centers, ensuring smooth and efficient integration for each mission configuration.

Minimum Requirement:

• Participate in technical reviews and provide impact assessments

• Obtain Ground Integration Engineer certifications and support the Firing Room Integration Console

• Recommend innovations to existing processes, procedures, development cycles, requirement tracking and other areas within the scope of this position

• Conduct studies and initiate/assess Change Requests. Monitor and review action items and meet with assignee for resolution

• Required knowledge: MS Office applications; Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• Required skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills, self-starter who can work independently with minimal direction; also comfortable working in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Perform systems engineering and integration functions to support aerospace programs/projects involving spacecraft, launch vehicle, associated ground systems, command and control systems, or high-tech facility systems

• Develop, integrate, and implement operational requirements or technical integration/processes to meet mission objectives

• Effective and clear communicator with the ability to present technical issues. Self-starter with outstanding organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a team environment co-located with customers, NASA and other contractors

• Proven work as a cohesive team member with many different technical experts in a dynamic schedule-driven environment

• Flexible to changing work demands, multi-task, operate with minimal direct supervision, and meet all customer deadlines. Work on-site at KSC 5 or more days per week. Position will require some varying shift work and weekend support depending on processing schedules.

Education and Relevant Work Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) technical equivalent required, preferably in Industrial & Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

ARES Benefits:

• ARES offers a competitive compensation and benefit package. Full time employees may participate in:
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• HSA/FSA Accounts
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness & Accident Insurance
• ESOP
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid Time Off & Holiday

ARES is an EEO/AA/Disability/Vets Employer and complies with in E-Verify.

ARES shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veterans status.

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