NASA has a variety of civil service positions that are required to carry out NASA missions, plans, and operations. To find out more you may search the brief descriptions listed below.

	Civil Service Position	Occupational Summary
	Astronauts	Astronauts Candidate Program
	Administrative Professionals (Computer, Personnel, Procurement, Logistics Public Affairs, etc.)	NASA professional administrative employees are responsible for carrying out the administrative, business, and facility related programs and operations of the agency. These positions include jobs in accounting, computers, and procurement, logistics and supply, personnel, program analysis, public affairs, and many others.
	Attorneys	NASA has a limited number of attorney positions primarily associated with legislative affairs, patents, contracts, and labor law. NASA attorneys are duty stationed at most NASA Centers.
	Scientists & Engineers	Scientists and engineers occupy the majority of positions in our NASA workforce. These "aerospace technologist"  or AST  positions are divided into over seventy areas of specialization. Click here for detailed descriptions of our AST positions.
	Medical Doctors	NASA has a limited number of research and clinical positions for medical doctors.Most positions are located at the Johnson Space Center and involve research or support of programs associated with manned space flight.
	Pilots (Not including Astronauts)	NASA has a number of pilot positions that involve research, flight test, training, safety, maintenance oversight, and operational airlift support. Most are located at either Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB or at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.  NASA pilots operate a variety of fixed and rotary wing aircraft in support of NASA research and development programs.
	Secretaries/Clerks (Accounting, Computer, Personnel, Logistics, etc.)	NASA has a continuing need for permanent and temporary secretaries and clerks to support ongoing work and special projects. Secretaries typically provide support for  both technical and administrative organizations and functions. Clerks usually perform specialized work in administrative areas such as supply & logistics, personnel, payroll, travel, security, budget and contracting.
	Senior Management	NASA has a number of senior executives who are tasked with providing leadership, direction, and program level management for the agency's programs and initiatives. NASA's senior management positions are included within the U.S. government's Senior Executive Service (SES)
	Student & Developmental Programs	NASA has a large variety of student and developmental opportunities designed to train and develop future engineers, scientists, and administrative professionals. Some of these programs also serve as "feeder" programs for long term civil service positions.
	Technicians (Includes Safety, Quality, Aircraft, Engineering, etc.)	NASA has a number of civil service technician positions involving work in the sciences, engineering, quality assurance, safety, and equipment and aircraft support. Our technicians typically are highly specialized and trained to support critical aspects of   the research and development activities of the agency.