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CACI International Inc · 5 months ago

NASA Spacecraft GNC Modeling and Simulation Engineering Lead

US TX Houston

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$90K/yr - $190K/yr

CACI International Inc is seeking a Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Modeling and Simulation Engineering Lead to work with NASA's human-rated spacecraft systems at NASA Johnson Space Center. The role involves providing technical leadership for spacecraft simulations and math models, overseeing engineering analysis, and collaborating with NASA customers to support simulation development.

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Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

Responsibilities

Collaborate with NASA customers to support, monitor, and define task requirements and deliverables

Maintain a big picture view of the entire simulation development process to ensure that tasks are appropriately scoped and prioritized

Manage projects and coordinate tasks across the development team

Provide mentorship to junior engineers and support team development and training

Design and develop of math models and simulations for spacecraft systems and subsystems including hardware and software

Develop simulation scenarios to test nominal and off-nominal spacecraft operations

Provide oversight and execute simulation and math model verification and validation

Perform analysis on simulation data to investigate spacecraft system performance

Present analysis results and their impact on spacecraft performance, vehicle design and mission design to customers and stakeholders

Perform leadership duties including timekeeping approval, performance feedback, and career counseling

Qualification

Spacecraft GNCOrbital MechanicsC/C++PythonLinuxWindowsSoftware DevelopmentSoftware Version ControlLeadershipCommunication SkillsTeam PlayerOrganizational Skills

Required

U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident for access to USG Facilities

B.S. in Aerospace or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related disciplines with experience in software development, including overall project design, programming, testing, verification, validation, and documentation

Experience leading a software development team with a track record of producing deliverables on schedule

Experience with orbital mechanics, particularly rendezvous and proximity operations

Experience with Spacecraft GNC

Strong computer and software development skills using C/C++ and Python

Experience with software version control tools such as git

Strong computer and software skills in both Linux and Windows environments

Ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision

Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with strong work ethic and organizational skills

Preferred

M.S. Aerospace or Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Modeling and Simulation and relevant work experience in aerospace software development projects

Experience with software simulation programming and scenario development, e.g., CACI/NASA Trick simulation is a plus

Experience with using NASA VERAS to generate analysis reports

Experience with spacecraft simulation development using NASA JEOD

Experience with NASA-STD-7009 and NPR 7150

Benefits

Healthcare

Wellness

Financial

Retirement

Family support

Continuing education

Time off benefits

Company

CACI International Inc

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