Project Manager

Job Description

Project Manager | NASA White Sands Test Facility

The Tone:
This is a Project Manager role at NASA White Sands Test Facility, located in White Sands, NM. NASA WSTF is a critical facility responsible for ensuring the safe performance of material and component analysis and testing for NASA and other customers, specializing in areas like propellants, oxygen systems, and hypervelocity impact. This role is essential for leading and managing complex test and analysis activities that determine the effects of operational environments on critical aerospace materials, components, and systems, directly contributing to the safety and reliability of space missions.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Location: White Sands, NM
• Team: Materials and Components Laboratory Office
• Mission: To manage and lead testing and analysis activities that determine the effects of operational environments on critical aerospace materials, components, and systems.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Manage test and analysis activities to determine the effects of operational environments on materials, components, and systems, including those involving hazardous propellants and gases.
• Serve as the primary liaison, coordinating with external organizations, customers, and stakeholders to establish content, cost, and schedule for deliverables.
• Oversee the operations, maintenance, and test support activities within the facility’s core capability labs, implementing key improvements as needed.
• Lead projects through all phases, from design and planning to implementation and closeout, reviewing status and ensuring test objectives are met.
• Provide engineering or scientific expertise to support the study, design, development, and execution of operations and maintenance, adhering strictly to safety requirements.

The Must-Haves
• Background: A bachelor’s degree in an ABET-accredited engineering program, or in Physical Science, Mathematics, Life Science, or Computer Science (with specific coursework in math/statistics/computer science). A graduate degree in a qualifying field may also fulfill this requirement.
• Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level, which includes performing testing of materials, components, or systems using analytical, experimental, or computational methods; interpreting specialized data, calculations, or analyses; and advising on test or experiment design and problem resolution.
• Skills: Project management, material and component testing (including hazardous materials), data interpretation and analysis, test objective attainment, operational environment analysis, and adherence to safety procedures.