Project EngineerLeidos

Description

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The purpose of the Project Engineer position is to provide engineering support for the design, development, fabrication, assembly, testing, and certification of hardware for use on the International Space Station and future exploration missions (e.g. Orion, Human Landing System, Gateway). This position is in support of flight hardware development on the Human Health and Performance Contract 2 (HHPC2) at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC).

Successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the execution of projects and delivery of hardware to NASA/JSC in support of human space flight. Candidate will require key skills needed for requirements development and verification, parts identification, hardware development, testing, certification/delivery, and sustaining. This position will require the candidate to be well versed in the quality process for the development and sustainment of controlled hardware, including the writing of Task Performance Sheet and disposition of Discrepancy Reports. Candidate will be responsible for reviewing and understanding engineering drawings, as well as strategizing, overseeing and participating in hands-on development tasks. Effective communication will be a critical skill in working with the project, other project engineers, technical support staff, NASA vendors, and quality engineering personnel. This position will require the candidate to multitask in a busy environment, coordinate technical tasks in a matrix organization, and solve problems when issues manifest. This position will require distilling high-level project goals into discrete project tasks to ensure that the projects are completed successfully and on schedule.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and test space hardware.

• Writing and dispositioning Task Performance Sheets and Discrepancy Reports for controlled hardware/software units throughout the project life cycle process.

• Develop and maintain project documentation, including assembly and functional procedures, project reports and technical memos

• Perform troubleshooting on both ground and in-flight systems and participate in root cause analysis for hardware issues.
• Read, understand, and interpret engineering drawings as well as provide initial inputs for development and redlines for updates to drawings.

• Use project requirement and verification documents to develop assembly plans, testing strategies, and produce test plans, test set-ups, and procedures.

• Complete tasks to mature project requirements, ensuring compliance with NASA standards and protocols.
• Complete functional development, certification, acceptance, and interface testing of the hardware during the different stages of the project life cycles.

• Analyze test results, produce detailed reports, and recommend design improvements.

• Determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes and incorporating the results into system specifications.

• Provide engineering data to maintain Safety Package records and establish government flight certifications.

• Assume ownership of all technical considerations for key elements of hardware

• Interface with purchasing, quality, logistics, other HHPC stakeholders, and NASA stakeholders.

• Develop and maintain sustaining engineering plans.

• Interface with NASA stakeholders as required.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or greater in Engineering from an accredited university with a minimum of 10 years of experience.
• Experience with configuration and data management processes.
• Experience with manufacturing, testing, and analyzing performance of hardware
• Experience with troubleshooting and root cause analysis and failure investigation
• Able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing (MS Office tools)
• Able to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Able to work in a team environment
• Able to develop and clearly communicate information to technical forums

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior work experience of at least 5 years with NASA/JSC programs.

• Laboratory equipment experience (e.g. oscilloscope, digital multimeter, power supplies)
• Troubleshooting of electrical/mechanical equipment and software
• Proficiency with NASA/JSC tools: MIDAS, CDS, QARC, ELABEL, EDS, ISS PART, JEDII

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Original Posting:

March 23, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.