Sr Industrial Controls & Automation Engineer

Sr Industrial Controls & Automation Engineer

On Site

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States

Full time

We are launching people to the Moon and Mars. If you want to be part of this amazing mission and enjoy working in a great team environment, we would love to have you as part of our team that is making history, today. It takes big ideas and determination to take NASA's vision and make it reality. That's what we do every day. The Consolidated Operations Management and Test (COMET) contract provides overall management and implementation of ground systems capabilities, flight hardware processing and launch operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These tasks support the International Space Station, Exploration Ground Systems, Space Launch System, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Launch Services programs. We are looking for bright and motivated Engineers to join the COMET Command and Control Application Software team at Kennedy Space Center. Engineers will directly support NASA's Artemis missions by providing technical development of safety-critical application software used for commanding and control of ground and launch vehicle systems.

Responsibilities:

• Perform technical development of safety-critical launch PLC products including requirements, design, coding, testing, and documentation
• Provide technical support as a part of one or more ground and launch vehicle subsystem development teams
• Perform integration across subsystem teams to assure continuity of PLC products
• Serve as part of the team responsible for technical integration between the ground and launch vehicle subsystems and the NASA customer
• Develop and/or evaluate work instruction packages
• Support internal and project level reviews, working groups, vendor technical interchange meetings, peer reviews, code walk-throughs and other project deliverables associated with the software delivery life cycle
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• BS degree in Engineering or related field with relevant industrial automation and controls experience
• 10 years minimum experience
• Must be a self-motivated, team player comfortable working in a dynamic environment
• Must be a US Citizen

Desired:

• Experience/familiarity with Linux operating systems
• PLC development experience using Rockwell PLCs
• Experience with Agile or other similar software methodologies
• Experience with the full life cycle of software processes (design, development, test and delivery) for safety-critical software
• Ground or launch vehicle system experience a plus

This position has been posted at multiple levels. Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

Access to Kennedy Space Center Amenities

While doing your part to help further space exploration at Kennedy Space Center, you can enjoy many on-site amenities, such as:

• Child Development Center
• Discounted tickets to local attractions and theme parks
• Credit Union
• Fitness Center
• Barbershop
• NASA Exchanges

Flexible Schedule and Telework

At Amentum, we value your time and commitment. Here at Kennedy Space Center, we offer partial telework options and flexible work schedules for many of our positions. The ability to utilize a flex schedule or telework will depend on your department's demands and needs.