Aerospace Engineer, AST, Environmental Control Systems

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below and have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade, which has equipped you with the particular competencies needed to successfully perform the duties of the position described above. NASA utilizes OPM-approved qualification and rating requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA’s unique aerospace work. The specific qualifications and minimum education requirements are further described below and within the education section of the job announcement. To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Leading a broad range of interdisciplinary development, design, test, and verification activities to ensure the system performance meets all system requirements; Providing engineering leadership for hardware development and technical resource management throughout the hardware development life cycle, in areas such as flight certification and sustaining, engineering data management, interface definition, engineering planning and design integration; Testing space suit Portable Life Support System hardware in laboratory and flight-environment simulations. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA’s guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.
As the Portable Life Support System (PLSS) Development and Test Lead in the Space Suit and Crew Survival Systems Branch, you will provide technical leadership to the PLSS design and development engineering team in support of advanced exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) projects and related technology development projects. You will lead teams developing technology, architecture, operational concepts, flight-designs, and tests in support of NASAs human spaceflight missions.