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Position Description:
The candidate will provide and perform the following tasks:
• Serve as the SLS Data Exchange (DEx) Facilitator
o Coordinates the SLS internal data exchange process by integrating between the providing and receiving organizations, as well as program stakeholders, from data exchange request inception through completion.
o Ensures the proper data exchange process is followed, assists in record creation and quality control.
o Facilitates negotiation and approval of agreements, as well as conducts quality control before and during the data exchange approval process.
o Conducts and assists in training SLSP personnel in the use of the DEx tool and associated data exchange processes.
o Provides regular reports and status updates to SLSP forums and Control Boards as needed.
o Advises and responds to the SLSP Lead System Engineer team and their delegates as appropriate to ensure timely integration of SLS data exchanges details and related information.
o Works closely with SLS Configuration and Data Management to ensure data control, accuracy, and traceability.
• Review proposed models and determine if they meet the criteria of being categorized a Design Math Model (DMM) and tracked by the SLS Program.
o Supports model developers in developing the metadata associated with their Model.
o Develops, populates, and tracks inputs to the Design Model Log.
o Performs functional integration assessments related to model validations.
o Coordinates and help to ensure that all models meet appropriate documentation and approval milestones.
o Provides guidance to model owners to characterize their metadata.
o Measures and tracks the maturity level of models, simulations, and their metadata across the SLS Program.
• Serve as a System Engineering representative to DMM Task Teams:
o Reviews DMM metadata and ensures that it is complete and accurate.
o Participate in the Task Team reviews of DMM.
o Provides System Engineering concurrence that the DMM and metadata meets all of the stated objectives and is ready for use by SLS.


Qualifications:
A degree in Computer, Aerospace, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering or a degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science is required. Typically, experience requirement is the equivalent of an MS degree with at least 8 total years of modeling and simulation integration experience or a BS with at least 10 total years of relevant experience in systems engineering and integration.
The candidate is also required to have:
• Technical integration experience working with a variety of engineering disciplines and project/program organizations.
• Knowledge of the use of modeling and simulation throughout a product life cycle.
• Knowledge of verification, validation, and accreditation/certification (VV&A) of models and simulation.
• Outstanding negotiation skills demonstrated through complex technical problem solving and the capability to break down complex problems or issues into manageable pieces to facilitate resolution of technical concerns or issues.
• Excellent oral, written, interpersonal, customer relation skills, and presentation skills.
• Intermediate skills using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Office, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
Desired (presence of one or more of these qualifications will be used as discriminating factors in selecting applicants):
• Experience in product management, product strategy, and software development.
• Experience communicating to upper management and decision makers: “communicating to the top”.
• Experience/knowledge of NASA Systems Engineering policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of NASA management of Design Math Models (DMMs).
• Knowledge of NASA spacecraft, launch vehicles, or SLS Program.

Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.
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The Jacobs Space Exploration Group (JSEG) offers a partnership in which you can grow personally and professionally within a framework of strong leadership, competitive compensation, and rewarding career paths. Come join our team on the Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) contract whose work is destined to have a long-range effect on future generations!
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