MPH Requirement and Verification Lead (R0164167) (J)

Aerodyne Industries is a dynamic, rapidly growing engineering and information technology services firm headquartered on Florida’s Space Coast. We deliver small business agility with large corporation capabilities, supporting NASA’s Missions to the Moon and Mars and defending our nation through work with the Missile Defense Agency and Department of Defense. This Systems Engineer Lead role supports NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate (HSMD) – Moonbase at Marshall Space Flight Center, focusing on the Multi-Purpose Habitat (MPH) effort.

About the role

The selected candidate will serve as the lead for requirements management, verification planning, and verification integration activities between NASA, International Partners, and other exploration program stakeholders. This position provides technical leadership for the development, maintenance, implementation, and verification of MPH requirements throughout the program lifecycle, acting as a key interface between NASA organizations, international partners, systems engineering teams, and program leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements development, management, decomposition, and traceability activities for complex aerospace systems.
• Coordinate requirements integration across multidisciplinary engineering teams and external stakeholders.
• Support development, implementation, and maintenance of requirements management processes, databases, and associated processes.
• Facilitate requirements reviews, assessments, and change management activities.
• Develop, document, and maintain tailored, joint verification and validation strategies, plans, and compliance documentation.
• Coordinate joint verification planning activities with international partners and technical organizations to ensure verification objectives, responsibilities, and success criteria are clearly defined.
• Track verification status, closure activities, and complex metrics.
• Support configuration management and change control processes related to requirements and verification products.
• Participate in technical reviews, milestone reviews, boards, and program decision forums.
• Develop technical presentations, reports, and status products for management and stakeholders.
• Lead technical working groups and facilitate coordination among engineering organizations, customers, contractors, and partner organizations.
• Support systems engineering and integration activities across all phases of the system lifecycle.
• Perform other duties as required in support of Habitation Systems development and integration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited engineering school and a minimum of 20 years of direct engineering experience, or an MS degree with 18 years’ experience, preferably supporting aerospace systems development, systems engineering, requirements management, or verification activities.
• Demonstrated experience working with complex technical systems throughout the development lifecycle.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead technical teams and coordinate activities across multiple organizations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including development and presentation of technical information.
• Experience working across multidisciplinary technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting NASA human spaceflight programs, aerospace, defense, or highly regulated technical programs.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORs, DOORS Next Generation (DNG), Jama, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience supporting requirements traceability, verification planning, compliance, and certification activities.
• Familiarity with systems engineering standards and lifecycle review processes.
• Experience working with domestic and international partners.
• Experience supporting configuration management and change control processes.
• Experience developing technical metrics, status reporting, and program assessments.
• Experience supporting human spaceflight, exploration systems, habitat systems, and other complex aerospace systems.

Work Environment

• Office environment.
• Requires clear, concise, accurate, and timely communication, both verbally and in writing (100%).
• Requires professional interaction with co-workers, management, and clients (100%).
• Requires domestic travel (5%).
• Requires ability to work at a computer for extended periods (100%).

Physical Requirements

• Requires sitting for extended periods in meetings (10%) and at a desk to perform engineering tasks (80%).
• Requires ability to use stairs or elevators for access between floors and multiple buildings (10%).

Equipment and Machines

• Requires ability to operate a personal computer, telephone, fax machine, copier, calculator, and other general office equipment (100%).

Schedule

• Normal workday: 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday.
• Minimal overtime may be required (10%) to meet schedule milestones and support technical demands.

Other Essential Functions

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and exercise good judgment (100%).
• Grooming and dress must be appropriate for the position and must not impose a safety risk.
• Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.

Pay

Final compensation is determined through a comprehensive evaluation of educational background, specialized technical expertise, and relevant professional experience. Compensation range: $115,000 – $130,000 yearly salary.