ADV000CL4 Flight Safety System Engineer (J)

Aerodyne Industries•Houston, TX

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Aerodyne Industries is a dynamic, rapidly growing engineering and information technology services firm headquartered on Florida’s exciting Space Coast. With locations throughout the US, we take pride in delivering small business agility with large corporation capabilities. Our clients count on us to prepare NASA’s Missions to the Moon and Mars and to defend our nation supporting the Missile Defense Agency and Department of Defense. Join the adventure of a lifetime by becoming a teammate with Aerodyne Industries and work on projects that will define our future. We are passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference. We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA’s pursuits in deep space exploration. We are looking for a Flight Safety System Engineer to join the team with JETS. We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a minimum of 2-5 years of experience in the field or in a related area
Ability to work on multiple projects, within matrix team environments, and to demanding schedules is required. Examples of capabilities may be requested during interview process.
Possess strong communication and leadership skills
System Safety experience in the aerospace industry
Ability to develop fault trees and failure modes, effects and analyses using root cause analysis processes
Ability to perform hazard analysis and develop hazard reports
Possess a strong background in spaceflight systems safety and systems engineering

Nice To Haves

BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and ten (10) years of direct engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and eight (8) years of direct engineering experience, or Ph.D. and four (4) years of direct engineering experience
Five (5) years of experience with NASA/JSC flight hardware processes
System Safety experience at Johnson Space Center highly desired
Experience with IVA and EVA hardware and crew systems development efforts
Experience in Reliability Engineering highly desired
Experience with task order contracts
Experience in developing schedules, budgets, and project plans

Responsibilities

Provide product and project safety expertise to Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) Flight projects, Space Flight projects and Payload Flight projects for NASA programs (ISS, Artemis, Gateway)
Act as an integral member of the Project Team for all phases of the project from project kick-off and development (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.) through product delivery for flight
Develop the initial safety assessment (Initial Assessment of Criticality), Hazard Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, and the Safety Data Package for the project
Represent the project at all Safety Reviews and act as the project safety expert
Present Safety Data Packages to the Safety Review Panel (SRP), MPCV Safety & Engineering Review Panel (MSERP, and/or the International Space Station (ISS) Payload Safety Review Panel (PSRP)
Provide high quality documentation deliverables per the project schedule
Support safety document updates for modifications to existing flight products
Support projects on other safety activities as necessary
Provide weekly accomplishment and status reports
Perform other duties as required
Ability to develop excellent working relationships with customers, peers, and management
Experience working directly with customers and regulatory agencies (e.g., DOD, NASA, FAA, DCMA or Range Safety) to achieve safety objectives