Aerospace V&V Systems Engineer
Systems Engineer IV
NASA Glenn Research Center
Brook Park, Ohio
HX5 is an award-winning provider of engineering, research and development, and technical services to clients such as NASA and the Department of Defense. Founded in 2004, HX5 is a fast-growing veteran- and woman-owned company with locations nationwide.
HX5 is currently seeking an Aerospace V&V Systems Engineer to join our team in Brook Park, Ohio in support of the GEARS contract at NASA Glenn Research Center.
*Essential Duties and Responsibilities: *
The selected candidate will support the Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom Nuclear Power Module (NPM) for Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) efforts. SR-1 is the planned NASA spacecraft that will demonstrate nuclear electric propulsion and provide a path to future higher power and longer duration missions, which will be required for missions to Mars.
The selected candidate will act as the SR-1 NPM Verification and Validation (V&V) Planning and Execution technical lead, with the primary responsibilities:
Ensure the system is verified and validated using the defined mission success criteria
Define verification methods for all requirements
Define and maintain the Verification Matrix to ensure industry partner's V&V plans align with system-level V&V
Ensure the V&V Plan is in-line with the SR-1 V&V plan
Coordinate subsystem and system level test planning for requirement closure criteria
Ensure validation of mission requirements and concept of operations
Collaborate with the Integration & Test and External Interfaces technical leads
Act as the interface to the with the mission level V&V planning effort
The selected candidate will support the SR-1 NPM Lead Systems Engineer, and this effort is monitored by the Science and Space Technology Systems Branch at NASA GRC, which provides leadership in systems engineering to enable science and space technology programs and projects.
Required Skills:
Experience with verification and validation planning and execution
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