Human Spaceflight System Safety Engineer (J)

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Job TitleJob Description

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 list of 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.

SMAEC II offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to support NASA’s present and future human spaceflight programs at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas under the Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering (SMAEC II) Contract.

This is an exciting time to be making history with the NASA Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) team assuring continuous human presence on the International Space Station and returning humans to the Moon and on to Mars, safely.

You will work in a collaborative environment comprised of NASA engineers, mission operations specialists, and commercial spaceflight experts.

You will apply design and operations knowledge / expertise in various areas of S&MA; such as, system safety, reliability, quality engineering / assurance, software safety, risk management, etc.

Specific Tasks

• Evaluation of products including hazard analysis, design verification analysis, reliability and maintainability analysis, hardware qualification and acceptance test reports.
• Evaluation of changes to requirements, materials, processes and procedures for potential impacts to flight safety and mission success.
• Evaluation of spacecraft design and operations for compliance to NASA S&MA requirements and system certification limits / constraints.
• Assist with the development and effective implementation of S&MA requirements, processes and procedures.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative risk assessments and trade studies.
• Identify, characterize and provide recommendations regarding mitigation of safety and mission assurance risks to senior management.
• Participation in failure analysis and problem resolution.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED SKILLS :

• 10 to 15 years related experience.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills.
• Technical excellence, integrity, and self-initiative.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple organizations / stakeholders and within a teaming environment to get results.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Power Point, Excel).
• Experience with spacecraft design, test and verification, maintenance, and operations.
• S&MA experience with emphasis on system safety (hazard analysis) and reliability analyses to inform and influence design, test and verification activities, and planned flight operations.
• Experience performing root cause analysis and development of fault trees.

Required Education : BS degree in Engineering or related Science / Technical field (Electrical, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering preferred).

Must be a U.S. citizen. Must be able to obtain and retain Public Trust security clearance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.

Location

Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX 77058 US (Primary)

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