Safety Engineer

Job Description:

Role: Engineer - System Safety III

Location: North Hollywood, CA 91601

Duration: 04 Months (Possible extension)

Job Description:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serve as the embedded senior program safety engineer supporting the Space Resources Program team through design, build, commissioning, and test execution
• Implement safety programs and practices for the evaluation and control of potential hazards including, but not limited to, industrial hygiene concerns, fall protection, confined space, lock out/tag out, process safety management, hazard assessments, hearing conservation and noise hazards, heat stress, chemical hazards, and environmental management in support of program operations
• Lead early hazard identification efforts and carry hazards through evaluation, control definition, mitigation planning, verification, and closure
• Provide subject matter expertise in design reviews, test reviews, readiness reviews, and operational planning
• Support safety and reliability assessments for both flight and non-flight hardware, with emphasis on developmental systems, exotic materials, and non-routine processes
• Perform a wide range of safety consultation services, including planning, managing, and reporting the results of assessments
• Support incidents and emergencies, including spills, injuries, hazardous operations, equipment upsets, abnormal test conditions, and other emergency situations
• Partner closely with the corporate EHS team to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal safety, health, and environmental regulations
• Prepare technical reports, safety assessments, readiness summaries, investigation findings, and other documentation as required
• Continually update and ensure compliance with *** processes and procedure
• Support onboarding and indoctrination of new employees on program safety and EHS expectations
• Assist in waste disposal activities including hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste, universal waste, and recycling materials in coordination with EHS
• Contribute to the injury/illness and near miss reporting process, including investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action development
• Develop, update, and deliver safety and EHS training relevant to program operations
• Serve as a program focal point for safety and environmental issues and concerns
• Evaluate operations for continuous process improvement and implementation of preventive action measures
• Support development, review, and closure of job hazard analyses and risk assessments
• Provide subject matter expertise to engineering and production resources related to safety, process safety, and EHS
• Provide safety and EHS-related input for equipment, facility, and operational design changes
• Perform periodic audits and assessments of safety programs, work areas, and operational readiness
• Support Management of Change (MOC), non-routine process approval, construction safety oversight, emergency response planning, and go/no-go safety readiness review

Pre-screen Questions:

1. describe your experience leading hazard identification and control activities in a high‑risk operational environment (e.g., aerospace test, pilot plant, R&D, or chemical processing). Include: (a) the type of systems involved (e.g., high-temperature, high‑pressure, vacuum, hazardous chemicals), (b) the methods you used for hazard assessment (e.g., PHA, JHA, FMEA, HAZOP), and (c) a specific example where your work directly changed the design, procedure, or test plan.

1. Embedded Safety Leadership & Cross-Functional Work
2. This role is an embedded safety lead working day-to-day with engineering, test, facilities, and corporate EHS. Describe a situation where you served as the primary safety or reliability focal point for a development or test campaign. How did you: (a) balance schedule pressure with risk, (b) partner with a central EHS/HSSE organization, and (c) drive closure of corrective/preventive actions through to verification?