System Safety Engineer (BT-26082)

Bastion Technologies

16h•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a System Safety Engineer - SLS SAT to support NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) initiatives within the Space Launch System (SLS) Program Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Assessment Team (SAT) in Huntsville, Alabama. The SAT is primarily responsible for the independent review and assessment of compliance with applicable Program/Project requirements for MSFC Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) internally developed and Prime Contractor-provided SMA Plans, Risk Analyses, Test and Operating Procedures, and Verification Compliance Reports in support of NASA Missions.

Requirements

This position requires U.S. Citizenship due to the sensitivity of customer-related information.
Bachelor's degree in engineering or other STEM-related degree.
Minimum 5+ years of recent and related work experience in System Safety Engineering (Relevant graduate level education or SMA Professional Certification may serve in lieu of 1-year relevant experience.)
Extensive hands-on experience in identification/documentation of hazards, hazard controls, and verification/validation methods. Demonstrable proficiency in conducting and documenting Fault Tree Analyses (FTAs), Functional Failure Analyses (FFAs), Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEAs), SSARs, and Safety Data Packages (SDPs) from scratch, following NASA guidelines and methodologies.
Must have experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS.
All of Bastion's employees must be team players with strong work ethics and must be culture oriented.
Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in written form, with internal and external customers.
Able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives.
Must be organized with good time management skills and must be able to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements.
Work may involve sitting or standing for extended periods (90% of the time) and may require lifting and carrying up to 25 lbs. (5% of the time).
Regular attendance in accordance with an established work schedule is critical.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting NASA human spaceflight programs is highly desired, particularly where the candidate has worked directly with NASA safety review processes, program safety organizations, or commercial partner safety products.
Experience working in a spaceflight hardware development environment or insight/oversight-based model is highly desirable.
Ability to develop fault tree analysis, logic trees, risk definition and mitigation analyses, hazard analysis and trending and data searches. Experience with Computer Aided Fault Tree Analysis (CAFTA) Software is highly desired.
Experience with advanced or complementary safety analysis methods is desired, particularly where these methods improve understanding of complex integrated system behavior.

Responsibilities

Independently evaluate in-house-developed risk documents (including FMEAs/CILs, Hazards Analyses at sub-system, system, and integrated levels, Hazard Reports, System Safety Analysis Reports (SSARs), Safety Data Packages (SDPs), and Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRA)). Ensure all system-level hazards and associated failure modes/causes are identified and properly assessed for severity and likelihood. Evaluate the efficacy of hazard controls/mitigation measures and review verification meta-data to validate proper implementation and compliance.
Participate in Program/Element Design and Development Milestone Reviews, Engineering Task Team Reviews, and Tabletop Safety Reviews (TTSRs).
Evaluate and provide concurrence recommendations on changes to risk documents via the official Engineering Change Request (ECR) process that change risk classification (likelihood or severity) or significantly alter technical/safety rationale.
Assessing proposed changes, deviations, and waivers to project documentation to assure compliance with safety requirements, including impacts to safety analyses and program/project risk.
Evaluating Program/Project Verification Plans and Requirements to ensure safety verification requirements are properly included.
Assess safety verification compliance data to confirm it clearly demonstrates adherence to parent safety requirements.
Coordinate with the cross-program Integrated Hazard Analysis Integrated Task Team (IHAITT) for insight on integrated hazard analyses requiring MSFC in-house inputs. When requested by the SAT Lead, support IHAITT meetings, CSO Forum, and other meetings; debrief SAT Lead on issues and resolutions.
Ensuring Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRA) for NASA flight systems (performed in-house or with significant MSFC SMA input) receive independent review by qualified PRA specialists. The SAT (and/or appropriate specialists) will review PRAs used as the basis for flight safety rationale or risk acceptance decisions.
Participate in Program/Project and Element Milestone Review processes regarding identification, evaluation, and thorough review of assigned and integrated risk documents; develop and submit Review Item Discrepancies (RIDs) and/or comments as warranted.
Provide System Safety Engineering Subject Matter Expertise during Program/Project Boards (e.g., Configuration Control Boards, Problem Review Boards, Discipline Control Boards, Program Control Boards, Material Review Boards).
Assist Program and Element Chief SMA Officers (CSOs) in identifying and discussing significant integrated risks for milestone review boards. Note concerns and escalate to SAT Lead.
Provide Certificate of Flight Readiness (CoFR) recommendations, including pre-CoFR discussions of issues.
Provide real-time safety assessments during launch countdowns and real-time mission operations. Support at the Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC) shall be provided upon request.
Conduct special evaluations of program documents, policies, or trade studies as directed.
Other duties as assigned.