In anticipation of NASA awarding the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) contract in the near future, Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is seeking a Verification, Validation, and Certification (VV&C) Systems Engineer (SE) to boost HLS and other programs as part of a diverse team that develops lunar landers, other cislunar spacecraft, and a wide range of critical technologies for civil, military, and commercial space programs.

The VV&C SE in this role will aid in the development and integration of aerospace structures and systems related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and commercial space customers. Primary tasks include defining and coordinating verification events and activities, validation activities, and certification processes.

The VV&C SE will boost the Lead VV&C Systems Engineer in the definition and execution of verification events and activities including inspections, demonstrations, examination, and test. The VV&C SE will compose Detailed Verification Objectives to define verification events and activities, conduct or coordinate the execution of verification events and activities, and compile the result into Verification Closure Notices (VCNs). Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) models of the tasks, system functions, risks, and verifications are updated with verification, validation, and certification objectives, results, and notices. The VV&C SE will promote the definition and execution of system certification processes.

Basic Qualifications

• Candidates will possess a bachelor’s degree in system engineering, software engineering, computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, or electrical engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution.
• Candidates will have 4+ years of related past work in system engineering or systems analysis. Candidates will have past work working within a team environment and have past work mentoring & guiding team members.

Candidates will be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.

Other Qualifications

Preferred candidates may possess master’s degrees in system engineering, software engineering, computer science, computer engineering, aerospace engineering, or electrical engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution with 2+ years of related past work history. Preferred candidates may have past work and/or working knowledge of the following:

• NASA, DoD, or commercial space industry
• Space flight hardware
• Large-scale, human-rated space flight development
• Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) system model development and application

Security Requirements

Candidate must be a US Citizen.