Principal Engineer

3 weeks ago


Wallops Island VA, United States Goddard Space Flight Center Full time
Job Description

As a Principal Engineer at the Goddard Space Flight Center, you will play a key role in assisting branch management with technical and organizational challenges. You will serve as a subject matter expert on technical panels, reviews, anomaly and failure review teams, and working groups at the Center, Agency, or National levels.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist branch management with technical and organizational challenges and serve as a subject matter expert on technical panels, reviews, anomaly and failure review teams, and working groups at the Center, Agency, or National levels.
  • Work in partnership with the Range, Division and/or Directorate Chief Engineers on technical, programmatic, and organizational challenges related to system level definition, planning, reviews, verification, and validation.
  • Perform pre-project planning duties, such as concept development, master integration planning, and programming design for projects, considering feasibility, costs, and economics.
  • Monitor progress of branch and range projects, update the supervisor on status and problem areas, and serve as expert consultant and advisor to activities that affect or may affect the branch.
  • Apply quality control systems and quality assurance methods to determine risks and compliance standards for work and implement associated risk mitigation actions.
  • Ensure work meets Agency quality requirements.
  • Serve as the branch primary point of contact for range requirements, proposals, upgrades, or changes that may affect branch projects or systems.
  • Provide overall technical insight into the development and management of policies, procedures, and operational schedules necessary for new systems and functions.

Requirements:

  • Must have successfully completed a bachelor's degree with a major in one of the following: engineering, physical science, mathematics, life science, or computer science.
  • Must have at least 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of course work in any combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science with at least half of those hours in mathematics and statistics courses that included differential and integral calculus.
  • Must have experience in solid engineering practices and principles in the development, testing, and launch of aerospace, aeronautical, space science, and/or earth science vehicles, spacecraft, and/or instruments.

Benefits:

  • Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.
  • Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.

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