Description Leidos has an excellent opportunity for a senior Project Manager to work on the Cargo Mission Contract (CMC). In this position the employee will manage a portfolio of projects for the development and certification of spaceflight hardware in support of NASA's Johnson Space Center International Space Station (ISS), Orion, HLS, Gateway, EHP and other exploration Programs. The team works with commercial software such as IBM Maximo, Microsoft (MS) Project, and MS SharePoint, in addition to CMC custom software. Support of tests and other activities may be required outside of normal working hours.
Primary Responsibilities - Manage hardware development projects to certify, flight-configure, and deliver new hardware for spaceflight
- Create and maintain project resource-loaded schedules in MS Project Professional
- Review, author, and approve work orders, non-conformance reports, internal/external customer presentations, designs, and trade studies
- Develop basis-of-estimates (BOEs) and formal proposals for new business opportunities
Basic Qualifications: - Requires MS degree and at least 18 years prior relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications - Experience in creating BOEs for new projects as well as Cost Accounting Management (CAM) and Earned Value (EV)
- Experience with design and development of spacecraft electrical systems including selection and testing of radiation sensitive components
- Experience with design and development, testing, configuration management, and deployment of spacecraft software systems
- Experience with execution of NASA Mission Integration and Operations (MI&O) tasks associated with spaceflight payload missions
- Experience with NASA processes for spaceflight hardware development and certification, anomaly resolution, configuration management, quality assurance, design, requirements/verification, materials, safety, cargo processing, disposal, manifest, hardware downgrade, toxicology
- Experience in planning and tracking project labor, material, and product deliverables for projects
- Experience working with multi-discipline teams and customers and both strong oral and written communication skills
- Experience with presenting technical and financial project status to large groups such as technical NASA boards
Original Posting: April 11, 2025
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range: Pay Range $112,450.00 - $203,275.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
REQNUMBER: R-
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.