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Plans and directs spacecraft integration and environmental tests, manages test plans and schedules, improves assembly procedures, and supports vehicle-level verification. The engineer collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and technician teams to resolve production issues, document nonconformances, implement corrective actions, and provide test direction, status updates, and go/no-go recommendations. The role requires hands-on hardware integration, test execution, and occasional evening or weekend work for mission milestones.

Conduct hypervelocity impact and ballistic tests for space-station systems. Set up and operate light gas guns, vacuum systems, high-speed cameras, sensors, and data acquisition equipment; prepare test specimens; perform inspections and damage assessments; maintain equipment and records; analyze test data; complete safety assessments; and collaborate with engineers to troubleshoot systems and improve procedures.

Design and qualify electro-mechanical flight, development, and test wire harnesses for human-rated space stations. Responsibilities include electrical architecture, wiring diagrams, connector layouts, 3D NX CAD routing, power and signal analysis, thermal and vibration testing, documentation, production integration, and trade studies focused on capability, mass, and cost optimization.

Develop and optimize manufacturing processes for avionics systems and wire harnesses used in aerospace products. Responsibilities include creating assembly procedures, resolving manufacturing issues through root cause analysis, coordinating with suppliers and quality teams, performing hands-on assembly and testing, supporting design reviews, and driving continuous improvement. The role also involves environmental test fixture design, avionics manufacturing documentation, and compliance with applicable industry standards.

Supports the manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing of avionics hardware and wire harnesses for human-rated space systems. Responsibilities include developing manufacturing processes, creating work instructions, designing tooling, resolving production issues through root cause analysis, reviewing supplier processes, supporting quality controls, and providing design-for-manufacturing feedback. The role also contributes to new product introduction, continuous improvement, design reviews, and team mentoring.

Designs and develops spacecraft solar arrays, including requirements, architecture trades, materials and vendor selection, photovoltaic manufacturing processes, qualification testing, and lifecycle troubleshooting. The engineer integrates with systems, power electronics, structures, thermal, and mission assurance teams; supports design reviews, drawing checks, technical documentation, and NASA deliverables. The role requires engineering design and verification experience with photovoltaics or comparable composite structures, with space industry and advanced analysis software experience preferred.

Develops and optimizes thermal control systems for human-rated space stations and spacecraft. Responsibilities include requirements development, thermal analysis, design documentation, hardware drawing reviews, cross-functional engineering coordination, customer reporting, and planning and execution of subsystem thermal vacuum testing. The role also evaluates cost and schedule impacts and supports thermal system lifecycle activities from concept through operations.

Own full-cycle technical recruiting for manufacturing technicians and Manufacturing Engineers supporting space station and engine programs. Responsibilities include partnering with hiring managers, developing sourcing strategies, building talent pipelines, engaging passive candidates, managing interviews and offers, tracking recruiting metrics, maintaining ATS documentation, and ensuring a strong candidate experience during high-volume hiring.

Leads reliability engineering for Haven-1 avionics, RF, and power systems. Responsibilities include FMEA and fault-tree analysis, design and test reviews, verification and validation, reliability risk reduction, engineering standards, configuration management, change control, and hardware integration. The role guides design decisions, qualification and acceptance testing, manufacturing readiness, and human-rated space station reliability throughout the development lifecycle.

Design and develop thermal control systems and components for human-rated space stations, from design trades through production, launch, and orbit insertion. Perform fluid analyses, systems engineering, testing, manufacturing process development, trade studies, and structural analysis. Lead design reviews and coordinate with suppliers, customers, technicians, software, avionics, and mission operations teams to deliver reliable, manufacturable hardware.