Project Engineer/ AI&T Technical Lead

The Project Engineer/Assembly, Integration & Test Technical Lead will support the space program located in Houston, Texas (77058).

You will join a multidisciplinary team responsible for designing, integrating, and operating complex test systems that simulate spacecraft and planetary environments. This role is suited for candidates enthusiastic about hands‑on engineering, control system integration, laboratory testing, and supporting technology development for human spaceflight.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the Assembly, Integration, and Test effort for the Suit Mass Simulator, including planning, coordination, execution, and technical oversight of hardware build and test activities.
• Coordinate the assembly of Suit Mass Simulator components, subcomponents, and subsystems, ensuring proper configuration, documentation, inspection, and readiness for integration.
• Lead integration of the Suit Mass Simulator hardware with itself and with vehicle interfaces, including HLS lander systems such as Command and Data Handling, structures, power, mechanical interfaces, instrumentation, and related support equipment.
• Develop and maintain AI&T plans, build flows, test flows, integration schedules, risk items, open work tracking, and readiness criteria.
• Coordinate across engineering disciplines, including systems engineering, mechanical, electrical, avionics, software, instrumentation, operations, safety, quality, configuration management, and test teams.
• Support development and execution of hardware test plans, test procedures, verification activities, functional checks, interface tests, and integrated system tests.
• Ensure hardware build and test activities are performed in accordance with NASA-JSC flight hardware standards (EA-WI-023) project requirements, safety expectations, configuration management practices, and quality processes.
• Support readiness reviews, test readiness reviews, integration reviews, procedure reviews, and other technical milestone reviews.
• Track and resolve technical issues, discrepancies, nonconformances, integration conflicts, and test anomalies.
• Coordinate with vehicle, payload, and mission stakeholders to ensure Suit Mass Simulator requirements, interfaces, constraints, and data collection objectives are understood and properly implemented.
• Support development of operational products required for flight test execution, including test objectives, data collection plans, telemetry/data needs, constraints, troubleshooting plans, and post-test data review support.
• Provide real-time or near-real-time technical support during in-flight test activities while the Suit Mass Simulator is collecting launch environment characterization data.
• Communicate technical status, risks, schedule impacts, resource needs, and decision points to project leadership and stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED:

This position has been posted at multiple levels (must meet minimum level indicated). Depending on the candidate's experience, requirements, and business needs, we reserve the right to consider candidates at any level for which this position has been advertised.

• This position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, physical science, or a related technical discipline.
• Must have 5+ years of recent and related work experience.
• Experience supporting NASA, aerospace, defense, or complex flight-like hardware development, integration, and test.
• Demonstrated experience with hardware assembly, integration, test planning, test execution, and anomaly resolution.
• Understanding of flight hardware build discipline, including configuration control, quality processes, procedure-driven work, inspection points, and documentation requirements.
• Experience coordinating across multiple technical disciplines and managing complex hardware/software/mechanical/electrical interfaces.
• Ability to lead technical work in a matrixed environment where contributors may report through different organizations.
• Ability to develop and maintain build plans, test plans, schedules, action item trackers, risk lists, and technical status products.
• Strong technical communication skills, including the ability to brief project leadership, coordinate with subsystem owners, and document technical decisions.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced project environment with evolving requirements, tight schedules, and multiple stakeholders.

DESIRED:

• Experience with NASA-JSC flight hardware build, test, and integration processes.
• Experience supporting human spaceflight programs, exploration systems, crew systems, EVA, lunar surface systems, HLS, Gateway, Orion, ISS, or similar programs.
• Experience with Assembly, Integration, and Test of flight or flight-like hardware.
• Experience supporting integrated testing involving structures, avionics, power, C&DH, instrumentation, telemetry, or vehicle interfaces.
• Experience with test readiness reviews, certification/acceptance testing, verification closeout, discrepancy reporting, and nonconformance resolution.
• Experience supporting hardware operations in labs, high-bay environments, clean rooms, vehicle integration environments, or launch/in-flight support environments.
• Experience with configuration management, requirements management, interface control documents, engineering change processes, and controlled build documentation.
• Experience supporting real-time test or mission operations, including console support, troubleshooting, data review, or post-test reporting.
• Project engineering, deputy project manager, test director, lead systems engineer, AI&T lead, or technical lead experience.

WORK LOCATION:

• This position is located onsite and offers a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off; some travel may be required.
• Schedules are subject to change based on the requirements of the position and/or customer needs.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS REQUIRED:

All Bastion employees must be able to pass a national agency check and some positions require clearance and will require an extensive background verification/check process.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL SCREENING REQUIRED:

All Bastion employees must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and are required to participate in periodic random drug and alcohol screenings.

STANDARD BASTION REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS.
• All of Bastion's employees must be team players with strong work ethics and must be culture oriented.
• Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in written form, with internal and external customers.
• Able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives.
• Must be organized with good time management skills and must be able to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements.
• Generally, an office environment, but can involve inside or outside work depending on the task.
• Work may involve sitting or standing for extended periods (90% of the time) and may require lifting and carrying up to 25 lbs. (5% of the time).
• Regular attendance in accordance with an established work schedule is critical.

BASTION BENEFITS:

Bastion offers a wide range of benefits for their full-time employees; medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability benefits, life insurance, retirement 401k, vacation, sick pay, holidays, flexible work schedules (when available), along with many other options. We also support career advancement through professional training and development.

ABOUT BASTION:

Bastion offers career opportunities with competitive benefits, exciting possibilities for advancement, and an exceptional work environment; the well-being of our employees is a priority, and our flexibility allows our employees a great work life balance. Our culture is based on strong business ethics, integrity, and professionalism. Our team members are known for their initiative and high-quality work. When it comes to our employees, we value, respect, and help them grow in their careers.

WORKPLACE EXCELLENCE:

At Bastion, we are passionate about our people and our safety culture.Individual thoughts, opinions, and perspectives bring value and help us develop solutions for challenging problems, they make us more inventive, and more resilient.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Bastion participates in e-Verify.

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