System Safety Engineer (BT-26215)

Bastion Technologies•Huntsville, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior System Safety Engineer will support NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s Safety and Mission Assurance initiatives within the Human Landing Systems Program in Huntsville, Alabama. The role provides NASA insight into commercial Human Landing System design, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, and delivers senior-level technical safety expertise to help NASA assess and influence the safety posture of commercial lunar landing capabilities. The work supports NASA safety and mission assurance responsibilities by evaluating 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 position is onsite and follows a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. Some travel may be required, and schedules may change based on position requirements or customer needs. The role generally takes place in an office environment, though work may occur indoors or outdoors depending on the task. Candidates must be U.S. citizens. Employees must be able to pass a national agency check and pre-employment drug screening, and must participate in periodic random drug and alcohol screenings. Some positions may require clearance and extensive background verification.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required because of the sensitivity of customer-related information.
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 1 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.
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, and culture orientation.
Organizational and time-management skills, and ability to adjust schedules, work outside normal schedules, and support peak periods and surge requirements.
Regular attendance in accordance with an established work schedule.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting NASA human spaceflight programs, especially 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 analysis, logic trees, risk definition and mitigation analyses, hazard analyses and 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 analyses and related Safety and Mission Assurance documentation to HLS Program and MSFC SMA management during program milestone reviews, safety reviews, other technical and SMA reviews, and Certificate of Flight Readiness processes.
Perform or assess hazard analyses for in-house and contracted design and development projects, ensuring hazards and risks are properly identified and characterized, controls satisfy safety requirements, verification requirements and pass/fail criteria are clear, and verification status is tracked in a closed-loop accounting system.
Prepare and assess Safety Plans for assigned in-house and contracted design, development, and operational projects to ensure compliance with applicable Agency, Center, and Program safety requirements.
Assess and contribute to Project Plans to ensure safety is properly considered.
Perform and assess trade studies for assigned in-house and contracted projects to ensure safety requirements are met and safety risks are identified, characterized, and mitigated.
Assess program and project documentation, including contractor PWSs, Data Requirements Documents, System Requirements Documents, Contract End Items, and Requirements Verification Compliance procedures, to ensure safety requirements comply with Government requirements.
Assess and support development of program and project verification plans and requirements, and assess or generate safety verification compliance data demonstrating compliance with safety and parent 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 impacts on safety and 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 through closure.
Track or monitor implementation and validation of hazard controls in accordance with approved hazard reports and verification plans.
Perform other duties as assigned.