Technical Fellow Cryogenics

Technical Fellow Cryogenics
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Langley Research Center
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The NASA Technical Fellows Program recognizes Agency-wide technical excellence and leadership, with Fellows serving within the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC); advising the Office of the Chief Engineer, NASA programs and Mission Directorates. Also serves as a voting member on the NESC Review Board. Fellows perform value-added testing, analysis, and assessments of NASA's high-risk projects to ensure safety and mission success.

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The area of consideration for this position is open to current NASA civil service employees on career, career conditional, or NASA term appointments with conversion eligibility. A person is considered to be in the civil service only if occupying a civil service position at the time of application.

Duties

The Technical Fellow Cryogenics:

Serves as the Agency's authoritative technical resource in Cryogenics, applying advanced engineering theory and operational expertise, frequently leading teams and providing the technical foundation for evaluating and reducing mission risk.
Provides Agency-wide technical leadership and collaboration in Cryogenics, leading independent assessments and partnering with recognized researchers and engineers across NASA centers, academia, national laboratories, industry, and the Department of Defense to conduct and sponsor work that informs Cryogenics mission risk.
Communicates and fosters Cryogenics knowledge, publishing engineering findings through NASA channels, journals, seminars, NESC Academy courses, or domestic/international universities; serve as an invited presenter at conferences and promote participation in engineering academies.
Provides senior technical leadership for independent technical reviews, serving as the national/international expert in Cryogenics.
Establishes, leads, and stewards a Technical Discipline Team (TDT) of the Agency's foremost Cryogenics experts, and augmenting by external specialists-to support independent assessments and ensure discipline stewardship across NASA.
Provides expert leadership and technical direction in the development, operation, and analysis of Cryogenic systems, including cryogen properties, production, storage, and their application to propulsion, life support, electrical power, and other flight systems.
Oversees Cryogenic hardware and processes-such as cryocoolers, cryogenic fluid fittings, cryogenic testing, chemical analysis, and zero gravity cryogenic fluid behavior-and regularly leads teams, supplying the theoretical foundation needed to execute complex cryogenic tasks.
Leads Agency-wide Cryogenic discipline stewardship activities, including technical workshops, knowledge-sharing forums, identification and cataloging of critical skills and facilities, assessment of emerging technical challenges, and periodic reporting of discipline health, capability, and risk to Agency leadership.

Requirements

Conditions of employment
The individual selected will be required to file an 'Executive Branch Personnel Financial Disclosure Report' (OGE-278e) within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.
Successful completion of a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
Successful completion of random drug screening may be required.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance as required by the position.
Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
Must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
Candidates must be a recognized subject matter expert with at least 1 year of directly related experience equivalent to the GS-15 level in leading independent technical reviews and serving as an authoritative expert in Cryogenics for high-risk aerospace systems. Must have experience developing, evaluating, and applying advanced cryogenic engineering methods including cryogen production, storage, cryocoolers, fluid behavior in microgravity, and cryogenic hardware and process analysis to strengthen mission performance and reduce risk. Must also demonstrate national leadership through collaboration and technical knowledge sharing across NASA centers, industry, academia, and national laboratories.

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