Systems Engineer

Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc. (AMA) is proud of our customer relationships our diverse and dynamic work environment and our employees career satisfaction. AMA is a small business specializing in aerospace engineering business analytics information technology and visualization solutions. AMA combines the best of engineering and mathematics capabilities with the latest in information technologies and visualization to build creative solutions. Headquartered in Hampton VA AMA has operations in Huntsville AL; Dallas and Houston TX; Denver CO; Santa Clara and Mountain View CA; and Edwards Air Force Base CA. We offer a competitive salary and attractive benefits package including paid personal leave and holidays salary deferrals into a 401(k)matching plan with immediate vesting tuition reimbursement short/long term disability plans medical dental and vision insurance. Our website (amainc) describes our corporate values and how they apply to the professional success and growth of our employees.

Job Description:

The increased cadence and complexity of crewed exploration missions to the moon and beyond present complex challenges to the groups at NASA that design and certify medical systems and support medical operations on the ground. Uncertainties over which medical conditions may occur in mission the lack of medical evacuation realtime communication and resupply along with limited flight resources for mass power and volume require exacting system design processes. The large number of vehicles and requirements coming from various commercial and international partners presents new challenges for managing data and connections across medical systems and components.

AMA seeks to hire an experienced systems engineer to help our customers integrate digital engineering practices into the NASA Human Health and Performance Directorate and the Human Research Program. This role will develop digital methods to augment system design processes using ModelBased Systems Engineering (MBSE) as well as participate in the digital transformation of our customers technical management processes by introducing process automation and datadriven decision making (technical assessment decision analysis configuration and technical data management).

In this position collaborations with stakeholders and NASA subject matter experts are vital to make positive contributions to our customers engineering processes and outputs. Responsibilities involve advocating and providing guidance for developing MBSE workflows training on MBSE tool applications and transforming customer processes by leveraging Microsoft tools to show digital architecture benefits.

Responsibilities:

• Work with stakeholders and experts in the medical and flight operations clinical science and space flight program Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) areas
• Apply systems engineering principles and rigor to the task and implement systems engineering products and processes across various parts of the SE lifecycle.
• Work with full Systems Engineering team to identify customer problems propose and implement digital engineering solutions
• Provide ModelBased Systems Engineering and SysML guidance to systems engineering teammates and customers
• Manage SysML models and administer MBSE tools

• B.S. in an Engineering field
• M.S. in Aerospace or Systems Engineering
• 7 years of experience in Systems Engineering
• Professional experience in ModelBased Systems Engineering
• Proven ability to produce products that meet quality safety performance cost and schedule requirementsExperience using the System Modeling Language (SysML) in MagicDraw (Cameo Systems Modeler)
• Proficient in scripting languages (Python JavaScript Groovy etc. to automate tasks and exchange data via tools Application Programming Interfaces
• Experience in or readiness to learn how to use Microsoft office tools to implement digital transformation (data visualization in Power BI task automation using Power Automate user applications in Power Apps etc.
• Experience implementing and managing Configuration Management processes
• Desire to work in a teamoriented culture
• Ability to work on agile teams and respond to shifting customer demands
• Ability to translate concepts across multiple disciplines
• Ability to interface successfully with stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Desired:

• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Experience with Power BI for data analysis and visualization
• Experience building and integrating Power Apps solutions with other systems
• Experience with requirements management in a tool such as DOORS Cradle or JAMA
• Working knowledge of the NASA system design processes
• Experience with NASA or DoD Work Instructions and MBSE practices

Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident.

This position requires customer site access. Employees are required to be fully vaccinated or undergo routine COVID testing per AMA and customer policy.