Description

Belong. Connect. Grow. We are a contract of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers and dreamers and we all share one goal: to improve the world responsibly and safely. On the Human Health and Performance Contract we are at the forefront of safeguarding astronaut health, ensuring human performance, and advancing technologies for human space exploration. We are seeking a Project Engineer at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX.

What You’ll Do:

In this role, you play a pivotal part in the successful execution of projects and delivery of hardware to NASA/JSC in support of exploration missions. Supporting the Space Suit and Crew Survival Systems Branch (EC5), you will develop and verify project requirements, perform development, engineering evaluation, qualification and acceptance testing, certification, delivery, and sustaining of project hardware. You serve as the hardware expert and technical point of contact for the Project Manager within the HHPC Engineering Department. You will:

• Strategize, Oversee, and Participate in hands-on development activities
• Write Task Performance Sheet and Disposition of Discrepancy Reports
• Generate, review and understanding engineering drawings
• Analyze test results, produce detailed reports, and recommend design improvements
• Support Human-In-The-Loop testing
• Coordinate multiple highly technical and complex development threads within the context of and in pursuit of the success of larger projects
• Distill high-level project goals into discrete project tasks to ensure project successful completion on schedule
• Lead and the review of lunar dust mitigation strategies for internal systems and EVA operations, performing contamination control analysis, and helping to develop verification plans for dust-related requirements.
• Mentor and lead small teams of engineers

What You Bring:

You bring experience in space suit design, softgoods components fabrication, testing of suit hardware, and lunar dust mitigation strategies. You use your experience to troubleshoot hardware assemblies, test setup, optimize processes for manufacturing. You will also perform root cause analysis, failure investigation, risk management, and apply lessons learned. You comply with KBR’s Safety, Health and Environmental Plan, Quality Plan, and all safety policies and procedures, and complete all assigned training.

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field and at least 20 years of relevant experience, to include 10 years' experience in development in space hardware design or similar work with Human Landing System or other NASA/JSC exploration programs (e.g. Orion)
• Experience with suit engineering or EVA operations
• Experience with configuration and data management processes and submitting Change Requests
• Experience with manufacturing, test, and troubleshooting of hardware
• Experience with root cause analysis and failure investigation

Your Skills:

• Effective communication with the project, other engineers, technical support staff, NASA vendors, and quality engineering
• Able to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Able to work in a team environment
• Able to develop and clearly communicate information to technical forums
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and test space suits and related hardware
• Develop and maintain project documentation, including project reports and technical memos
• Familiarity with NASA Flight Hardware development requirements and processes
• Effective at handling multiple tasks, flexible, and responding quickly to change

What to Expect

This position is expected to be 100% on site and in person. Occasional travel may be required.

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Original Posting:
May 11, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:
Pay Range $116,350.00 - $210,325.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

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