System Safety Engineer (BT-26215)

Bastion Technologies•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior System Safety Engineer – HLS Program supports NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Safety and Mission Assurance initiatives within the Human Landing Systems Program. Based onsite in Huntsville, Alabama, the role provides senior-level safety expertise and insight into commercial Human Landing System design, development, testing, evaluation, and operations. The engineer evaluates whether provider designs, analyses, verification activities, test programs, operational concepts, and risk management processes adequately identify, control, and verify hazards associated with crewed lunar transportation and surface operations. The role supports NASA safety and mission assurance responsibilities through safety analyses, documentation, reviews, and assessments. It also tracks safety review actions and hazard-control implementation through closure. The position follows a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off; some travel may be required. Schedules may change based on position requirements or customer needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or another STEM-related field.
At least 5 years of recent, related System Safety Engineering work experience; relevant graduate-level education or SMA Professional Certification may substitute for one year of relevant experience.
Senior-level knowledge and practical experience in system safety engineering for complex aerospace, spacecraft, launch vehicle, or human spaceflight systems.
Ability to identify hazards, evaluate credible causes, assess risk, define or evaluate hazard controls, and determine whether verification evidence supports closure of safety concerns.
U.S. citizenship due to the sensitivity of customer-related information.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with internal and external customers.
Ability to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives.
Strong teamwork, work ethic, organization, and time-management skills; ability to work outside the normal schedule and adjust schedules for peak periods and surge requirements.
Ability to pass a national agency check; some positions require clearance and extensive background verification.
Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and participate in periodic random drug and alcohol screenings.
Regular attendance in accordance with an established work schedule.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting NASA human spaceflight programs, particularly direct work with NASA safety review processes, program safety organizations, or commercial partner safety products.
Experience in a commercial spaceflight environment or insight-based acquisition model.
Ability to develop fault tree analyses, logic trees, risk definition and mitigation analyses, and hazard analyses, and to perform hazard trending and data searches.
Experience with Computer Aided Fault Tree Analysis (CAFTA) software.
Experience with advanced or complementary safety analysis methods that improve understanding of complex integrated system behavior.

Responsibilities

Provide NASA insight into the design, development, test, evaluation, and operations of Commercial Partner Lunar Lander Systems.
Develop and present System Safety Engineering analysis results and related Safety and Mission Assurance documentation during program milestone reviews, Safety Reviews, and other technical and SMA reviews supporting Certificate of Flight Readiness processes.
Perform or assess hazard analyses for in-house and contracted design and development projects, including hazard identification, risk characterization, hazard control assessment, safety verification requirements, and closed-loop verification tracking.
Prepare and assess Safety Plans for assigned in-house and contracted design, development, and operational projects for compliance with applicable Agency, Center, and Program safety requirements.
Assess and contribute to Project Plans to ensure safety is appropriately considered.
Perform and assess trade studies for design, development, operations, or mission events to assess safety compliance and identify, characterize, and mitigate risks.
Assess program and project documentation, such as contractor PWS, Data Requirements Documents, System Requirements Documents, Contract End Items, and Requirements Verification Compliance procedures, for safety requirement compliance.
Assess and support development of program or project verification plans and requirements, including Verification Plans and Requirements Verification Compliance documents.
Assess or generate safety verification compliance data to demonstrate compliance with safety and parent safety requirements.
Assess test and operating procedures for compliance with safety controls and verification requirements.
Assess proposed changes, deviations, and waivers to program and project documentation, including their impacts on safety, hazard analyses, and program or project risk.
Evaluate and recommend acceptance of Non-compliance Reports and Requests for Waiver or Deviations.
Track Safety Data Package review comments, Safety Review Action Items, and Agreements to closure.
Track or monitor implementation and validation of hazard controls against approved hazard reports and verification plans.
Perform other duties as assigned.