The Aerospace Corporation

Senior Propulsion Engineer – Casual

The Aerospace Corporation

part-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Houston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Support program office activities, working closely with the civil servant team in an advisory role including development, testing, and operations support
  • Attend various meetings and conferences, both regularly scheduled and intermittent
  • Serve as a highly proactive advisory specialist, understanding issues and formulating options/recommendations, while working closely teams and across other offices, working groups, and panels
  • Integrate with subject matter experts and stakeholders
  • Develop periodic status reports and presentations
  • Develop special reports/discussions of findings, issues, conclusions, recommendations, and risk assessments
  • Formulate recommendations to senior-level program management
  • Perform other duties for the customer as required

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science degree or advanced degree in engineering, science, or another related STEM discipline
  • 12 or more years of increasingly responsible professional experience, including experience in a propulsion engineering and/or program management environment
  • Ability to work in a quick-paced, small core team that leads technical discussions across a large technical community and influences teams across the NASA enterprise
  • Demonstrated initiative and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers
  • Excellent teaming and leadership skills with an ability to multi-task across various issues/disciplines simultaneously
  • Excellent presentation and communications skills, including development and briefing of decision packages and complex information in a succinct and polished manner
  • This position may require the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
Benefits
  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
  • Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
  • Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
  • 401(k) Plan — Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
  • Relocation assistance
  • Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
  • Education assistance programs
  • A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
propulsion engineeringprogram managementrisk assessmentsstatus reportsdata analysistechnical discussionsdecision packagesreport writingpresentation developmentSTEM disciplines
Soft skills
initiativeteamworkleadershipmulti-taskingcommunicationrelationship buildingadvisory skillsproblem-solvingproactivityinfluencing
Certifications
Bachelor of Science degreeadvanced degreesecurity clearance