HLS Safety & Reliability Engineer & Crew Survival Analyst

Job ID: 2611057

Location: Houston, TX, US

Date Posted: 2026-04-07

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Sys Safety Engr

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SMAEC III has a rewarding position supporting the NASA Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering Contract (SMAEC III) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX helping to return humans to the Moon and on to Mars, safely. In this role, you will support the Human Landing System (HLS) Program as a Safety & Reliability Engineer (SRE) and Crew Survival Analyst. Come join our team and help us continue the mission of space exploration!

Job Duties:

• Perform Cross-Program Integrated Hazard Analyses across a range of vehicle systems
• Perform Crew Survival Analysis based upon the HLS Provider's approach to designing and operating their lander vehicle
• Review and assess HLS Provider Hazard Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, and Critical Items Lists for accuracy and completeness, including proposed controls, mitigations, and verifications
• Review and assess HLS Provider compliance with safety requirements, including requirement verification approaches and variances
• Evaluate safety and mission assurance impacts of proposed engineering changes to HLS hardware and processes
• Assess HLS hardware Non-Conformances and Problem Reports to ensure that they address safety and reliability issues
• Support program board, panel, and working group discussions to influence and evaluate systems engineering solutions to technical issues
• Participate in design milestones, by reviewing deliverables for system safety and reliability impacts
  
  

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience
  
  

Required Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills
• Ability to work effectively across multiple organizations / stakeholders and within a teaming environment to get results
• Ability to work autonomously, with minimal management oversight, to prioritize work and accomplish tasks within tight schedule constraints
• Ability to visualize, articulate, and condense complex issues into concise, easily understood presentations
• Ability to generate high quality written technical reports and prepare and give high quality technical presentations for senior management and the customer
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in mechanical, Aerospace, Safety Engineering, or related discipline
• 9 or more years' experience in operations or engineering
• Basic knowledge and use of personal computers with typical business software
• Must be able to travel (minimal) and work shifts periodically
  
  

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