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# Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Nasa Llc
- **Location:** United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Data Mining, Data Reduction, Systems Analysis, Software Systems, Systems Architecture, Data Processing, Information Technology, Operational Systems
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.military.com/career/347961/systems-engineer-texas-tx-houston

## About the Role

* Be a highly motivated individual willing to learn and apply new concepts, tools, and software,\n
 * Possess strong personal initiative,\n
 * Have good problem solving and troubleshooting skills,\n
 * Possess strong team-building skills across multi-functional areas that establish a collaborative operational structure including active listening, prompt service and follow-up,\n
 * Exhibit a proven track record of working under tight deadlines,\n
 * Possess a high degree of self-motivation and the ability to work independently,\n
 * Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal,\n
 * Exhibit professional behavior that promotes teamwork, fosters cooperation, and enhances productivity in the workplace,\n
 * Be well organized with the ability to coordinate, prioritize and execute multiple tasks simultaneously in a high-pressure environment,\n
 * Possess the ability to communicate verbally and in writing to work e\ufb00ectively with a variety of government and contractor personnel at all levels.\n, Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience: a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar technical degree plus 0 - 5 years of related experience.\n

## Description

This role is as a Systems Engineer in support of the Systems Engineering Department for the Contract for Organizing Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems (COSMOS), which is NASA's next-generation mission operations contract located on-site at Johnson Space Center. COSMOS ensures the continuity of critical human spaceflight support by providing mission control services, advanced training systems, and full-scale spacecraft mockups for astronaut preparation and engineering analysis. \n
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\nDescription of Duties\n
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The Systems Engineer facilitates design changes to NASA Johnson Space Center's Mission Control Center Systems (MCCS).\n
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The Systems Engineer works in a dynamic team environment and collaborates with COSMOS and NASA Systems Engineers and Platform/OS Engineers to evaluate requirements/designs and to facilitate changes across the MCCS's hardware and software systems. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, are required for customer interactions. Strong initiative, teamwork and problem-solving skills are also required.\n
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Primary Responsibilities:\n
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 * Work with customers, users, and engineers to effectively analyze user requirements, user stories, and operations concepts,\n
 * Perform high level requirement assessments and facilitate the detailed assessments performed by the implementing technical organizations,\n
 * Develop and maintain schedules for work components,\n
 * Create and/or update documentation for design and change instruments,\n
 * Perform post data processing, post data reduction, and data mining,\n
 * Perform system analysis, assessments, trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications,\n
 * Lead systems architecture design and integration efforts,\n
 * Provide Systems Engineering support to the implementing organizations and external customers,\n
 * Work effectively in a team setting to develop collaborative ideas.\n


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