Parsons Government Services Work Values

Daily Duties at Parsons Government Services:

Hired to support the Space and Missile Systems Center Engineering & Architecture Directorate (SMC/EN) (Los Angeles Air Force Base) Critical Technology and Industrial Base Management by performing the following tasks: - Develop a Spacecraft Issues List identifying the top 25 spacecraft problems. - Develop a spacecraft Industrial Base Issues List identifying the top 25 spacecraft industrial base problems. - Analyze the spacecraft issues identified to determine root causes. - Track spacecraft issue resolution activities. - Track industrial base issue resolution activities. - Develop critical industries list. - Other Supply Chain Risk Management analysis and data products To fulfill the spacecraft issues list a compendium of spacecraft and launch vehicle failure database with over 300 incidents, 13,000 data fields was researched and assembled. This data was parsed, the incidents weighted and the 25 most failure prone subsystems identified and reported. To generate the Industrial Base Issues List and Critical Industries List, the six space system prime contractors to SMC submitted unfiltered lists of their purchase orders. The combined data, nearly 100,000 lines, was condensed to nearly 2,000 unique companies that were augmented with contact, business health, small, woman owned, foreign ownership, etc. than when complete consisted of over a million data fields. This data was analyzed for produce sole source status, geographic risk, number of prime contractors supported etc. and reported. "Situation Summaries" were generated from time to time to educate SMC in the event of some business or financial event or natural disaster to outline the impacts on national security space acquisition and recommend any actions if required. Due to a series of mergers and acquisitions in the microelectronics industry there was concern over the continued availability of specialized space rated electronic components. Collected and translated electronic part data from the QML-19500 Semiconductor Part list consisting of over 14,000 part entries from the Defense Logistics Agency from a pdf format to MS Excel. Created Excel workbook that parsed, searched for and interpreted quality codes, and tracking manufactures, grouped entries by part type. Conditional formatting used to automatically highlight the parts at risk due to sole source or out of production status, and lack of acceptable alternatives. Presented results to the Air Force customer as well as industry and NASA interested parties. Represented SMC/EN on the AIAA Space Solar Cell Standards Committee, organized meetings, and tracked and coordinated action items. Assigned to support Space and Missile Systems Center Space Superiority Directorate (SMC/SY) to contribute to space systems threat analysis. Created Systems Engineering document and task tracking and planning tool for the Air Force Joint Space Operations Center Mission System (JMS) program in MS Project.

What they like about Parsons Government Services:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

Systems Engineering, Requirements Management, Allocation, Supply Chain, Risk Management, Advanced Systems

Skills

Systems Engineering, Risk Management, FMEA, Validation and Verification, Supply Chain Risk Management, Failure Root Cause Analysis

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