GN&C & Control Mission Analysis Team Lead

About the role

Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) is looking for a Guidance, Navigation & Control Mission Analysis Team Lead within its Engineering Services and Science Capability Augmentation (ESSCA) Spacecraft and Vehicle Systems Department. The Team Lead acts as first-line supervisor for the Guidance, Navigation & Control Mission Analysis Branch (EV42) at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), overseeing Task Orders and personnel and ensuring high-performing people are acquired, trained and developed in line with ASED policy and standards. The role may combine team leadership with a share of technical task work.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team that delivers to the government customer and ASED management, and oversee individual and team technical performance and quality of work products.
• Assign and balance team skills across Task Orders, allocate and track resources, and forecast future skill and development needs.
• Identify and manage cost, technical and schedule risks, and implement the ESSCA safety program, including JHAs, PPE assessments, safety meetings and visits.
• Handle hiring: define requirements, recruit, interview, select and onboard, and run performance evaluations and disciplinary processes.
• Train and develop staff through on-the-job training, technical assignments, peer-to-peer training and the Individual Development Plan (IDP).
• Manage subcontracting, including coordinating task assignments, developing Statements of Work and managing subcontractor performance.
• Support the Department Manager in operations review materials, customer surveys and communication meetings, and prepare biweekly status updates.
• Ensure tasks and subtasks are written and estimated correctly, and deliver work on time according to schedules.

Required profile

• STEM degree or related field; ABET-accredited degree preferred; MS or PhD very desirable (equivalent to PhD with 9 years, MS with 13 years, or BS with 15 years of experience).
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Guidance, Navigation and Control experience; mentoring experience required.
• Technical leadership and engineering management experience highly desired.

Required skills

• Knowledge of 6DOF/3DOF and general optimization.
• Space mission experience, such as Artemis or lander missions, or complex multi-vehicle missions.
• Analysis or mission design in Earth ascent, outbound, descent, disposal or rendezvous/proximity operations/docking.
• Ability to coordinate teams pulled in multiple directions toward top priorities.