Spaceflight Structural Hardware Systems Engineer

Location: NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas; full-time onsite. U.S. citizenship is required.

Company

hirify.global provides engineering solutions for NASA and supports human space exploration and deep-space programs.

What you will do

• Lead the planning, development, review, and maintenance of requirements and verification plans throughout the NASA JSC Flight Hardware Life Cycle, Certification, and Engineering processes.
• Prepare and present materials for system lifecycle reviews, including SRR, PDR, and CDR.
• Create and manage requirements from NASA program flow-down through contractor project verification closeout.
• Define subsystem interfaces and perform system-level architecture trade studies and analyses affecting design and performance.
• Identify risks, develop risk statements, and support risk-response planning.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary team members, NASA customers, and other NASA support contractors while reporting progress and raising issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and typically 5–10 years of related experience; licenses or certifications may be required.
• Experience providing mechanical design support within the NASA JSC Flight Hardware process.
• Experience supporting mechanical systems engineering across multiple NASA JSC flight hardware projects and lifecycle, certification, and engineering processes.
• Senior-level experience with requirements management, verification and validation, design trades, risk analysis, and space hardware systems analysis.
• Systems engineering experience in a NASA, Department of Defense, or aerospace environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparing documents and presenting at technical meetings; familiarity with SharePoint and Microsoft Office.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of NASA, JSC, and ISS standards and requirements, including safety and fault tolerance.
• Familiarity with NASA/JSC documentation databases, SharePoint sites, and systems engineering software.
• Experience in technical or team leadership roles.