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Lunar Landing System Test Integration Lead

Leidos Houston, Texas, United States

onsitefull-time

Salary: $131,300 - $237,350 / year

Posted Feb 13, 2026

Role & seniority: Senior Engineer / Lead Test Integration for Lunar Landing System; Chair, HLS Joint Test Panel; test-planning and integration lead for HITL testing at NASA/JSC.

Stack/tools: test planning and execution; test readiness reviews; cross-program and cross-center integration; human-in-the-loop (HITL) testing; NASA and commercial partner testing processes; Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Top 3 responsibilities

  • Provide leadership to the HLS Joint Test Panel and chair related reviews (Test Readiness Reviews, integration activities).

  • Lead integration of commercial provider tests into NASA facilities and coordinate HITL testing; oversee test planning and traceability to design verification.

  • Develop and execute test plans, coordinate cross-program activities, report results upward and horizontally, capture innovations and lessons learned.

Must-have skills

  • 20+ years in test engineering, with 10+ years in test execution, integration, and leadership.

  • Proven ability to lead tests and cross-disciplinary integration; strong proactive communication; experience with distributed teams across multiple NASA centers.

  • Excellent verbal/written communication; ability to identify gaps and raise concerns diplomatically; proficiency in MS Office.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience with HITL/human-in-the-loop testing; familiarity with NASA partner testing workflows; prior program-level cross-team integration experience; bachelor’s deg

Full Description

The Human Health and Performance Contract supporting NASA at the Johnson Space Center is seeking an experienced Engineer to lead test integration for the Lunar Landing System in Houston, Texas. What You’ll Do You will play a significant role to help Human Landing Systems (HLS) Crew Compartment Office (CrewCo) lead and facilitate joint test integration. You will provide leadership to the HLS Program’s joint test planning, coordination and execution, including for human-in-the-loop (HITL) testing. You will apply extensive experience in test planning and execution to help HLS chart a successful path forward to complete all integrated testing. . What you Bring You bring extensive test engineering, integration experience across multiple disciplines, and HITL test experience. You use your experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, integrate within HLS and with the JTP, develop and execute test plans and provide leadership to joint test planning. You bring extensive experience with NASA and commercial partner testing processes. Primary Responsibilities: Provide leadership to the HLS Joint Test Panel as chair Perform necessary integration for and chair Test Readiness Reviews Provide leadership in the integration of commercial provider tests into NASA facilities and for HITL testing Support test planning, test plan reviews, test readiness review planning, and associated coordination Provide upward and horizontal reports of completed tests Generate innovations and lessons learned to improve future test activities Review testing activities for relevant program requirement compliance and traceability to design verification. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent degree Minimum 20 years experience Minimum 10 years experience with test engineering, test execution, test integration and leadership Demonstrated experience in leading tests and test integration Demonstrated experience showing self-motivation and proactivity in communicating and integrating with others without a lot of hands-on direction Demonstrated experience working within a team environment, where the team is distributed across multiple NASA centers Demonstrated experience in identifying integration concerns and gaps in information and communicating concerns to leadership in a diplomatic manner Demonstrated experience performing cross-program integration with multiple people for various purposes in parallel Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook) If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares. Original Posting: February 13, 2026 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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