CACI International Inc · 1 month ago
Team Lead - NASA Space Vehicle Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Modeling and Simulation
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$90K/yr - $190K/yr
5+ years expCACI International Inc is looking for a Team Lead for their Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Modeling and Simulation Engineering team to work with NASA's human-rated spacecraft systems. The role involves providing technical leadership, overseeing the development and validation of high-fidelity simulations and math models for NASA space vehicles, and mentoring junior engineers.
Information TechnologyService IndustrySoftware
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
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 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 task assignments, timekeeping approval, performance feedback, and career counseling
Qualification
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, and documentation
Experience leading a software development team with a track record of producing deliverables on schedule
5+ years minimum experience working with simulation, math model development, and real time software applications. Greater experience is highly valued
5+ years minimum experience with orbital mechanics, particularly rendezvous and proximity operations and Spacecraft GNC
5+ years minimum experience with C/C++ and Python in a Linux environment. Greater experience is highly valued
Experience with software version control tools such as git
Experience with Continuous Integration tools and methods
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
Preferred
M.S. Aerospace or Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Modeling and Simulation and relevant work experience in aerospace software development projects
Experience with simulation and math model validation processes
Experience with software simulation programming and scenario development, e.g., NASA / CACI Trick simulation is a plus
Experience with NASA / CACI General-Use Nodal Network Solver (GUNNS)
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
At CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI), our 25,000 talented and dynamic employees are ever vigilant in delivering distinctive expertise and technology to meet our customers’ greatest challenges in national security.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2025-05-21Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2003-01-10IPO
Leadership Team
John Mengucci
President & CEO
Darryl W Burke
Senior Vice President / Air Force Client Executive
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