SELP Candidate Eligibility

2022 SELP Graduate Claudia Eyzaguirre explains that building personal connections based on authenticity and vulnerability is the key to growing a cohesive team. Photo Credit: NASA/Masha Berger

• Full–time, permanent GS-13 to GS-15 NASA employee or a senior systems engineer at JPL.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or Specialties of Aerospace Technology (AST) equivalent.
• Be willing and available to leave their home center and take on an assignment at another NASA center for 6 to 9 months.

Experience Needed to Be Successful in SELP

Ousmane N. Diallo at the 2014 SELP graduation on Thursday, June 19, 2014 in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

• The participant is an employee who understands and has exposure to a breadth of systems engineering (SE) competencies as defined by APPEL.
• The participant has experience applying SE principles on one or more projects or programs.
• The participant is at least APPEL Proficiency Level II.
• The participant has taken one of more of the recommended SE APPEL Training including: Foundations of Aerospace at NASA, Project Management and Systems Engineering, and Fundamentals of Systems Engineering, or equivalent courses.

Additional Candidate Considerations

The 2020 SELP graduates share a toast to celebrate the conclusion of the program, which prepared them for leadership roles within NASA. Photo Credit: NASA

Nominees for SELP must be individuals who have the experience and opportunity to take advantage of a developmental assignment away from their home center for 6 to 9 months. Family obligations and current assignment requirements and timing should be taken into account to also determine the optimal window of participation in this program.