Our client is seeking talented, innovative individuals to join their team and make history as they build the first free-flying commercial low-Earth orbit space station.

Their cutting-edge endeavor will be a continuously crewed, free-flying, multifunctional space station dedicated to conducting advanced research and fostering industrial activity.

Chosen team members will become an integral part of the history books, as they help design, construct and launch the station.

They looking for creative problem-solvers with a drive to push the boundaries of space exploration.

If you’re passionate about making history, join their team and help them build the first free-flying commercial low-Earth orbit space station. Together, you can make a lasting impact on the future of space exploration.

What Is In It For You

Salary: competitive salary

Position Type : Permanent - Full-time

Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, Vacation Pay, Sick Pay, Holiday Pay, 401(k) .

Job Description of a Chief Engineer

Our client is looking for a highly experienced Chief Engineer (CE), programmatically reporting to The project Program Manager and functionally to the leader of our client’s Engineering, to be the technical design and development lead for the project ground and space systems. The CE will have broad systems-level development experience across several disciplines and will leverage their technical expertise in space systems to lead a team of subject matter experts and guide numerous subcontracts to develop the project.

The ideal candidate will leverage their extensive systems engineering experience, preferably with a background in the International Space Station development and/or operations, human-rated space systems, and leadership skills to guide the project Program team of engineers and subcontractors to ensure the project meets its technical requirements on schedule and on a budget to deliver the first-ever free-flying commercial space station.

Essential Duties of The Chief Engineer

• Complete company accounting to include daily AR and AP, Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing journal entries, accruals, and allocations
• Maintain balance sheet accounts
• Establish accounts with vendors, suppliers, and financial institutions
• Support reconciling inter-company transactions
• Maintain compliance with internal control objectives
• Assist in special and ongoing projects designed to improve financial visibility and department efficiency
• Assist our accounting firm in completing year-end closing and tax filings
• Budget creation
• Perform other duties as assigned

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall technical solutions for the project system development
• Ensure Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) principles are adhered to for the project and the associated ground and research systems.
• Technical lead for the Design, Development, Test, and Evaluation (DDT&E) and system verification activities for the overall SE&I of the project
• Provides technical direction to the project’s technical team including subcontractors
• Responsible for managing and resolving all technical issues, risks, and changes.
• Defines and manages all physical interfaces and induced environments and models including changes as required.
• Develops technical Statements Of Work (SOWs) for subcontractors.
• Collaborate with the project’s Program Manager to resolve technical issues within cost and schedule constraints.

Key Attributes/Qualifications:

• 15+ years of work experience developing large, complex aerospace systems
• 5+ years of direct experience in Requirements Definition, System Engineering, DDT&E, operations, and sustaining engineering for complex human-rated aerospace systems preferred
• Previous ISS and/or human space flight experience is required.
• Comfortable representing technical and programmatic information to various stakeholder communities including scientists, academics, engineering staff, executives, and investors—both nationally and outside the United States.
• Significant experience in System Engineering processes and principles
• Extensive experience developing systems engineering plans and will be expected to define a systems engineering plan, processes, and guide
• Experience working with multiple subcontractor teams to integrate complex subsystems into an integrated aerospace system
• Understanding of United States export control laws and regulations
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering (i.e., mechanical, electrical, aerospace), hard sciences (i.e. physics, materials science), computer science/engineering or mathematics from an accredited university
• Strong oral and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to travel as necessary both domestic and foreign
• Experience in Design to Cost and Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV)
• Ability to obtain a security clearance

If you are interested in the Chief Engineer job in Houston, TX , apply today!

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