Building what has never been built before,
to discover the unknown.
At Goddard, the engineering workforce within ETD develops and builds new technologies that enable spaceflight missions. The engineering staff builds and oversees satellites, instruments, and their operation. The workforce’s new products and processes infuse into the space economy to benefit American technological advancement, capability, and dominance.
Enabling NASA’s Mission
Engineering at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the talent that produces new technology and fly space flight hardware. Across all aspects of NASA’s portfolio, engineering provides solutions to complex problems.
- The largest organization at Goddard is the Engineering and Technology Directorate. It provides multidisciplinary engineering expertise to critical NASA missions and across the aerospace industry enabling economic growth and technical leadership
- Engineering multi-discipline expertise spans across the mission lifecycle. Beginning with a question or a problem, engineering capabilities produces the solution, product and result. Our workforce, tools, and facilities can be applied for unique needs at a specific developmental moment or beginning-to-end across a project
- We believe in supporting and advancing leadership in space and space technologies. Partnerships are key to our operating model. Collaborations to leverage agility and efficiency across the space sector are critical for our success
- Explore our work as we advance, automate, and miniturize electronical and space computing, increase space situational awareness, safeguard communications, develop robust lighter materials on rapid design timelines, while leveraging systems engineering to architect and integrate complex space flight programs.
Our Work
Engineering is the force that innovates and transforms dreams into reality. NASA Goddard engineers invent and build what has never been built before, pushing the boundaries of what is possible to advance leadership in American space flight. Our work is a fusion of technical solutions and an unwavering commitment to executing our missions.
Engineering at Goddard solves unique problems that no one has solved before, pushing the boundaries of what is technically possible to turn yesterday’s dreams into the reality of tomorrow.
Featured Stories
Explore features stories on engineering news and advancements from our technical workforce their accomplishments as we work together to achieve mission success through transformational technology.
NASA’s Dragonfly Soaring Through Key Development, Test Activities
NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope at Goddard SSDIF
Goddard’s Roman Space Telescope Team Installs Observatory’s Solar Panels
Core Components for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Major Shake Test
Key Portion of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Clears Thermal Vacuum Test
