Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mission Software Engineer
Department: College of Science; Classification: Post Doc 12 month; Job Category: Postdoctoral Faculty; Job Type: Full-Time; Location: Fairfax, VA; Workplace Type: Hybrid; Visa Sponsorship: Not eligible; Restricted: Yes; Criminal Background Check: Required.
About the role
George Mason University (GMU), a Carnegie Research I institution, is Virginia’s largest and most diverse university with more than 38,000 students. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, Mason is part of the Washington DC metropolitan area offering easy access to the scientific and political resources of the nation’s capital. George Mason University is committed to advancing inclusion, access, and equal opportunity throughout our community. We believe that a broad range of voices, cultures, and perspectives brings vibrancy, innovation, and growth to an academic community. The Landolt Mission team is responsible for developing and executing a NASA space-based mission through coordinated work across science, payload, spacecraft bus, software, systems engineering, integration and test, mission assurance, and project management functions. The unit provides an interdisciplinary research and training environment for faculty, postdoctoral researchers, engineers, staff, and students working collaboratively with federal, academic, commercial, and other external partners. The Landolt Mission team supports mission formulation, systems engineering, subsystem coordination, technical trade studies, requirements development, verification and validation planning, assembly, integration and testing, technical documentation, mission reviews, and mission operations planning. The unit works collaboratively across payload, spacecraft bus, software, ground systems, mission operations, science, and programmatic interfaces to advance mission objectives and meet NASA requirements.
This position is sponsored by the NASA Landolt mission. The Mission Software Engineer (SE) duties include (at a different level of involvement and responsibility): Cont