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Aerospace Engineer, AST, Aerospace Flight Systems (Direct Hire)
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Posted 36 days ago
Hybrid Houston, TX $123K – $160K Apply by Jun 9, 2026 Aerospace Engineering INTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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NASA's Johnson Space Center Engineering Directorate is seeking applicants to fill multiple positions as an Engineer supporting work in technical areas such as life support, thermal, aerosciences, flight mechanics, propulsion, power, software, robotics, simulation, structures, materials and processing, mechanics and loads, avionics, communication and tracking, mission architecture, project management, and systems engineering. Roles encompass all aspects of an engineering project life cycle.
What You'll Do
- →Contribute to the requirements definition for hardware and/or software development, taking into account integration and operational needs and constraints while assessing options for verification of the requirements.
- →Provide subject matter expertise in the development of flight hardware and/or software for flight systems, payloads, and/or vehicles.
- →Assist with the preparation of test processes, ground support equipment, test operations, and data analyses towards the verification and certification of flight hardware and/or software.
- →Participate in the operations and maintenance of flight systems, payloads, and/or vehicles including cost analyses, performance evaluation, sustainability, problem resolution, repairs or upgrades, and obsolescence planning.
- →Use professional judgment to manage projects, systems, payloads, and/or vehicles to support Center program and Agency goals.
- →Apply critical inquiry, problem solving, and engineering methodology to complete assessments, make recommendations, and resolve issues.
Requirements
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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