Lighting Systems Lead en Intuitive Machines

Lighting Systems Lead ; Houston, Texas

About Intuitive Machines:

Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting-edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. Our mission is to further science and exploration, communications, and economic progress from the Earth to the Moon and beyond. With multiple NASA lunar missions in development and additional private missions on our manifest, we pride ourselves in supporting NASA, our customers, and the nation in paving the way to return humans to the surface of the Moon. Our world-class team includes experts in all aspects of spacecraft subsystems design, development, and test, on-orbit operations, and safety.

Our long-term partnership with NASA has created an exciting opportunity for a Lighting Systems Lead on the JETS `contract at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.

About the Position:

If you’re excited about contributing to human space exploration and advancing our understanding of the universe, we’d like to hear from you. Join a team that values collaboration, diverse perspectives, and meaningful work. Your skills and ideas will help us design and deliver systems that support future space missions and create benefits here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA’s largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. 

Responsibilities:

• The Lighting System Lead will be supporting the Computer Human Interface for the Lighting System. 
• Lead SE&I efforts for the various support any Artemis human spaceflight programs Lighting system, ensuring alignment with architecture, design, and mission requirements. 
• Support Engineering flight project schedules, procurement documentation, budgets and system requirements documentation. 
• Develop and maintain requirements and verification data packages across the full system lifecycle. 
• Coordinate and conduct integration, verification, and validation (IV&V) activities. 
• Align system requirements with hardware specifications and verification strategies. 
• Facilitate the integration of the various support any Artemis human spaceflight programs Lighting system within the greater vehicle architecture through communication with other SMEs and system managers. 
• Provide user-centered feedback during design phases to optimize human-system interaction.
• Interface with sub-system vendors to clearly express NASA expectations and evaluate design solutions. 
• Support ground and flight operations testing, including test plan development, oversight, evaluation, and documentation of end items. 
• Review verification and validation reports to ensure compliance with system requirements. 
• Participate in major program reviews: SRR, PDR, CDR, and others. 
• Perform and evaluate architecture trade studies and system-level analyses to inform system design. 
• Identify and manage risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate progress to stakeholders. 
• Develop plans and procedures in support of flight crew and ground operators during all mission phases.  
• Provide engineering insight and operational awareness to Mission Control during all mission phases. 
• Present technical and schedule updates to internal and external customers. 
• Collaborate across disciplines in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment. 
• Work with team members leads to identifying risks, develop risk statements, and plan risk responses  
• Work and present schedule and progress to customers  
• Perform other duties as required 
• Must have good communication and organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment  

General Requirements:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited school.
   Candidates with equivalent experience or degrees in other STEM fields may also be considered.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in engineering or a related field.
• Experience working in a team environment.
• Experience with NASA processes is preferred.

Technical Knowledge

• Knowledge of lighting systems, including applications for spaceflight environments.
• Understanding of Flight Hardware and/or flight processes and documentation.
• Familiarity with SE&I processes, methodologies, tools, and technologies, including model-based systems engineering.
• Knowledge of test principles, test planning, and tools used to develop test requirements.
• Understanding of common concepts and practices in the space hardware field, such as:
• Mechanical and electrical system design
• Engineering drawings and sketches
• Material selection
• Knowledge of computer–human interface concepts.
• Experience supporting SRR, PDR, and CDR reviews, including document review, test planning, verification, and validation activities.

Project Responsibilities

• Manage project schedules and support overall project coordination.
• Support lighting systems development for the Gateway program:
• Ability to prepare professional written documents and present in meetings.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work with limited supervision.
• Travel: minimal—typically once every few months.

US EEO Statement:

Intuitive Machines is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.