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Intuitive Machines · 1 month ago

Lead Systems Engineer, CART Project

Houston, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting-edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. The Lead Systems Engineer will provide technical leadership and full lifecycle systems engineering support for projects under the JETS II contract at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, driving concept development, design, integration, verification, validation, and mission operations.

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Growth Opportunities

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 integrationRequirements developmentInterface managementNASA systems engineeringModel-Based Systems EngineeringDOORSJama ConnectAgile Systems EngineeringPMP certificationINCOSE CSEP certificationLeadership abilitiesCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field; a master's degree is preferred

Typically requires 10–15 years of relevant systems engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a technical leadership or lead engineer role

Demonstrated expertise in requirements management, interface definition, and verification planning on complex technical programs

Strong understanding of NASA systems engineering processes and standards, including NPR 7123.1

Familiarity with Pre-Phase A project development activities

Proficiency with systems engineering tools such as DOORS, Cameo, or other MBSE platforms

Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership abilities

U.S. Citizenship required due to government contract constraints

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