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Amentum · 1 month ago

Lead Systems Engineer, CART Project

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Amentum is a leading engineering solutions provider collaborating with NASA on deep space exploration projects. The Lead Systems Engineer will provide technical leadership and integration support for projects at NASA's Johnson Space Center, overseeing systems engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle and ensuring alignment with mission objectives.

Mechanical EngineeringSecurityTechnical Support

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead system architecture definition, requirements decomposition, and design integration across multiple engineering disciplines

Develop and manage system specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), concepts of operations documents and requirements/verification plans consistent with NASA standards

Coordinate design reviews, technical interchange meetings (TIMs), and readiness reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.)

Oversee the development and maintenance of requirements and configurations within formal data management systems

Support the planning and execution of test and verification activities, ensuring end-to-end system validation

Serve as the primary systems engineering interface to project and task order management, providing technical insight into cost, schedule, and risk

Collaborate with subsystem leads, project managers, and NASA counterparts to resolve design and integration challenges

Lead and mentor junior systems engineers in applying best practices, analytical tools, and modern systems engineering methods

Contribute to continuous improvement of systems engineering frameworks and knowledge sharing across teams

Contribute to planning efforts with project management to support cost, scope and schedule objectives

Lead cross-coordination across multidisciplinary engineering discipline groups, inter and intra division and outside entities to coalesce an integrated product

Qualification

Systems engineeringRequirements managementInterface managementNASA systems engineering processesModel-Based Systems EngineeringDOORSLeadership skillsAgile Systems EngineeringPMP certificationINCOSE CSEP certificationCommunicationOrganizational skillsMentoringCollaboration

Required

Typically requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in Engineering and may be expected to have a related master's degree and normally possess 10-15 years of related experience

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline

Minimum 10 years of experience in systems engineering, including at least 3 years in a leadership or lead engineer capacity

Proven experience in requirements management, interface definition, and verification planning within complex technical programs

Strong understanding of NASA systems engineering processes and familiarity with applicable standards such as NPR 7123.1

Strong familiarity with Pre-Phase A project development

Experience with tools such as DOORS, Cameo, or other model-based systems engineering (MBSE) environments

Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills

U.S. Citizenship required due to government contract requirements

Preferred

Experience supporting NASA programs, projects or comparable government engineering contracts, specifically Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility (EHP), Moon 2 Mars (M2M), Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) and Human Landing Systems (HLS)

Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field

Expertise in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Digital Thread, and requirements traceability techniques

Expertise in Jama Connect

Familiarity with modern development and execution frameworks (e.g., Agile Systems Engineering, INCOSE SE Handbook, Lean MBSE, and hybrid adaptive approaches)

PMP, INCOSE CSEP, or equivalent professional certification

Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and drive collaboration across technical and programmatic boundaries