General Engineer, AST, Technical Management

Your tasks

Serves as Chief Health and Performance Officer for the Orion Program, overseeing the integration of Human Health and Performance Directorate support into the design and implementation of systems, processes, and tools that enables the Orion Program to achieve its objectives, while also representing the Health and Medical Technical Authority.

• Serves as Chief Health and Performance Officer for the Orion Program in the Human Health and Performance Directorate (HHPD), providing primary contact and integration between HHPD and the Orion Program.
• Interacts with managers of program leadership on any relevant issues or questions raised.
• Identifies and manages top Directorate issues with implementation approaches for program development.
• Communicates effectively between organizational management and the program.
• Represents the Directorate, integrates HHPD responses to issues, and maintains open communication between organizational management and the program as it relates to technical issues, cost, schedule, and other general concerns.
• Coordinates agenda items with HHPD personnel to ensure proper civil servant and contractor technical support, disciplines, and experts are present at meetings based on the specific topics identified.
• Represents Health and Medical Technical Authority and HHPD at Orion Program boards, panels, technical meetings and FRRs to provide directorate positions, advise, share information and identify/resolve issues related to the human system domains.
• Manages budgetary activities and provides input both internal and external to HHPD that impacts the Orion Program, such as Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution.
• Utilizes integration forums that meet regularly for interrelated cross divisional work in the programs to assure coordinated and integrated responses to issues and technical activities.

Requirements

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-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Working with commercial partners in order to develop and implement strategies for future use and recommendations for solving issues; Applying technical project management principles to include planning, baselining, resource requirements, evaluation, and project status reviews; Assessing programmatic risks, technical schedules, and cost drivers for a program and/or project. 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.

Basic Education Requirement: You must have successfully completed a bachelor's degreewith a major in one of the following: a) Engineering from a college or university that has ABET accredited engineering programs b) Physical Science, Mathematics, Life Science or other field of Science c) Computer Science that included 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; and that provided an in-depth knowledge of theoretical and practical applications of computer science, including digital computer system architecture and system software organization, the representation and transformation of information structures, and the theoretical models for such representations and transformations. If you did not complete a qualifying bachelor's degree, you may be eligible if you have obtained a graduate degree in an AST qualifying field, as listed above. Degrees in engineering technology are not considered qualifying for this position. Engineering degrees earned within the United States: Engineering degrees earned within the United States must be from a college or university that has at least one ABET accredited engineering program. To find out if a school has at least one ABET accredited program, please visit http://www.abet.org. Engineering degrees earned outside the United States: Engineering degrees earned outside the United States must be recognized by a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), often known as accords. These are non-governmental agreements among organizations that accredit academic degree programs. MRAs recognize the substantial equivalence of mature accreditation systems and programs accredited by signatory organizations within their jurisdictions. For a listing of Signatories, please visit, https://www.abet.org/global-presence/mutual-recognition-agreements/is-your-program-recognized/. Science and other related degrees earned within the United States: Science and other related degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. Science and other related degrees earned outside the United States: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs. These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.