Description :
Location
Huntsville, AL
Virtual Office/Telecommute?
(Things you should know about Virtual Office)
Virtual Work Not Available
Shift
First
Business Unit
Integrated Defense Sys
Division
Network & Space Systems
Program
Space Exploration
Occupation Title
Systems Engineering
Skills Management Title
Reliab, Maintain & Sys Health
Job Classification
6K8CP5
Note: The level of the classification for a specific applicant will be based on the qualifications of that applicant.
Job Type
Non-Management
Experience Level
Senior Level (15+ years of experience)
Exemption Status
Exempt
Union
No
Security Clearance Required?
(Security Clearance definitions)
No Security Clearance Required
Work Eligibility Required?
Yes
US Person Status Required?
Yes
Export Control Required?
Yes
Relocation Money Available?
Yes
Date Posted
06/05/2008
Closing Date
(Things you should know about closing dates)
08/04/2008
Position Description
The International Space Station (ISS) Lead Reliability & Maintainability Engineer (R&M) will lead and be responsible for all ISS R&M tasks including but not limited to Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) tasks. The primary concentration will be R&M support for the Waste Hygiene Compartment (WHC), Regenerative-Environmental Control and Life Support System (Regen ECLSS), Node 3 Relocation, Total Organic Carbon Analyzer (TOCA), and the Water Recovery Management (WRM) System for Potable Water Quality Monitoring. The selected candidate will apply an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify lifecycle balanced system of systems solutions. Evaluate customer/operational needs to define and coordinate system performance requirements, integrate technical parameters and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces. Prepare reliability and maintainability plans, provide Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) data, and Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) data. The R&M engineer will apply knowledge of Boeing Reliability & Maintainability techniques, theories, applicable Boeing/industry/government standards, processes and polices to ensure that the ISS systems will perform their intended functions within acceptable limits. The selected candidate should have a good working knowledge of failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis, including system, sub-system, functional (electrical/mechanical), and component level. Knowledge of Integrated Product Definition and System Engineering practices (e.g., source selection, risk management, trade studies, affordability, corrective actions), including specific reliability and maintainability (R&M) responsibilities is required. Knowledge of database reduction, data mapping, and data mining is desired. Knowledge of reliability & maintainability modeling techniques and theory is desired. The ability to adjust priorities to multiple demands and unanticipated events as well as adjust decisions and actions to new information is required. The ability to be flexible in response to changing circumstances or conditions, be receptive to feedback and coaching, and be resilient after failures or disappointments is required. The selected candidate should have the ability to attend to and verify the accuracy and completeness of detailed information. This also includes the ability to identify missing or inconsistent information or data. Listens effectively; demonstrate understanding; clarify meaning for others; speak with clarity and precision; able to communicate with a diverse audience; write clearly and concisely. The ability and willingness to take independent action is expected. This includes moving quickly and directly to complete the task at hand and not waiting to be instructed to complete job activities. Also includes the willingness to seek out additional assignments or tasks and possess the skills to lead and manage RAM&T activities. Works under general direction and leads/assigns work to other engineers. Candidate must have significant experience with the ISS program including extensive knowledge and applied experience in addressing NASA R&M requirements.
Competencies
General/Leadership
[ + ] Adaptability
Fully understands and usually helps shape changes in own and fellow team leaders' work and situations; is frequently called upon to explain the logic or basis for change to other team leaders and/or interorganizational teams; is seen as an expert on information about changes affecting own and fellow team leaders' jobs; frequently mentors fellow employees and team leaders around the change. Treats changes and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; focuses on the beneficial aspects of change; speaks positively about the change to fellow team leaders and external customers. Quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment; readily tries new approaches appropriate for new or changed situations; does not persist with ineffective behaviors.
[ + ] Communication
Consistently and proactively clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Guiders others in keeping their audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Frames highly complex and or advanced information in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Regularly seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used. Attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Mentors and advises fellow project leads and other internal employees on effective communication techniques.
[ + ] Customer Focus
Provides enterprise level modeling for making customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops and sustains productive, high-level customer relationships as they relate to complex and large scale projects; actively seeks information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; presents project level information to senior level customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how complex project level decisions/actions/plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet significant customer needs and resolve complex problems; provides enterprise level thought leadership on monitoring and evaluating customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.
[ + ] Decision Making
Consistently and proactively recognizes a wide range of highly advanced or unusually complex issues, problems, or opportunities across the organization; determines whether action is needed. Adeptly identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities; has advanced knowledge in integrating unusually complex information from a variety of sources; detects unusually complex trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships. Guides others in creating relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes; can be relied upon to formulate clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option; implements decisions reliably and initiates action within a reasonable time; includes team leaders, managers and internal employees in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.
[ + ] Negotiation
Explores all parties' needs, concerns, and initial positions as they relate to the largest and most complex negotiations. Builds common ground by highlighting areas of agreement and working through areas of disagreement. Manages the interpersonal process to stay focused on the task; constructively addresses emotions and conflict. Engages in mutual problem solving by brainstorming alternative positions or approaches and evaluating them openly and fairly. Builds value of preferred alternatives by relating them to the needs of others; responds to objections by emphasizing value. Seeks a win-win solution through a give-and-take process.
[ + ] Project Management
Recognized enterprise experience in creating comprehensive multi-tiered project schedules for significant organization, enterprise and business unit projects identifying time frames for key project milestones and ensure alignment of sub tier activities for overall project visibility, tracking and completion. Directs and manages more complex project schedules requiring interfacing with multi regional or international activities. Independently identifies project resource requirements, integrates and directs multi project elements into a single collective overall project plan. Collaborates with others on the most complex projects assigned. As an enterprise role model demonstrates ability to direct, delegate and ensure performance of assigned responsibilities and tasks as a project team leader in support of enterprise wide or extremely complex large-scale projects. Identifies and resolves any issues to ensure the successful completion of the project.
Technical
[ + ] Analysis and Corrective Action
Basic - Advanced, expert knowledge of root cause analysis and corrective action of non-conformances to reduce scrap, minimize rework, reduce cost and improve quality to meet all requirements. Develops, reviews and approves product definition data including emergent design changes.
Preferred -
[ + ] Failure Modes Effcts & Critic
Basic - Advanced, expert knowledge of Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), including system, sub-system, functional (electrical/mechanical), component and device level.
Preferred - Highly advanced, expert knowledge of root cause analysis and corrective action of non-conformances to reduce scrap, minimize rework, reduce cost and improve quality to meet all requirements. Provides management direction to direct reports for the development, review and approval of product definition data including emergent design changes.
[ + ] Maintainability Analyses
Basic - Advanced, expert knowledge of maintainability and availability analyses including maintenance task time estimation, timeline analysis, maintainability prediction and allocations, maintenance and servicing procedures, fault detection/fault isolation, accessibility, tools and ground support/test equipment requirements identification. Advanced, expert knowledge of maintenance plan and concept development, failure modes, condition monitoring, repair schemes, preventive/scheduled maintenance inspections. Advanced, expert knowledge of Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) processes, and modeling.
Preferred - Highly advanced, expert knowledge of Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), including system, sub-system, functional (electrical/mechanical), component and device level.
[ + ] Reliability Analyses
Basic - Advanced, expert knowledge of reliability analyses including mission reliability requirements/performance parameters, mean time between failure, schedule reliability, guarantees and warranties, system/subsystem block diagramming, function flows, predictions, allocations, redundancy modeling, verification/validation, reliability planning, procedure/process development, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and reliability testing/growth.
Preferred - Highly advanced, expert knowledge of maintainability and availability analyses including maintenance task time estimation, timeline analysis, maintainability prediction and allocations, maintenance and servicing procedures, fault detection/fault isolation, accessibility, tools and ground support/test equipment requirements identification. Highly advanced, expert knowledge of maintenance plan and concept development, failure modes, condition monitoring, repair schemes, preventive/scheduled maintenance inspections. Highly advanced, expert knowledge of Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) processes, and modelling.
Education and/or Experience
Level 5 - Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry and typically 14 to 19 years experience in an engineering classification or either a Master's degree with 12 to 17 years experience or a PhD degree with 9 to 14 years experience in an engineering classification. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard. Level 6 - Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry and typically 20 years experience in an engineering classification or either a Master's degree with 18 years' experience or a PhD degree with a minimum of 15 years experience in an engineering classification. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
Other Job related information
Boeing offers programs to support career advancement and learning opportunities and technologically challenging assignments. This position offers an opportunity for employees to also enjoy the advantages of living and working in Huntsville. Missile defense and space exploration are at the heart of this community, where there are more engineers per capita than anywhere else in the nation. Huntsville offers a wide range of cultural and recreational opportunities, and the natural beauty of the area provides unlimited opportunities for hiking, biking, golfing, outdoor exploration and water sports on the Tennessee River.
