Systems Safety Engineer - Crew Habitation

Systems Safety Reliability Engineer - Crew Habitation

Work Location: Houston, TX 77058

Minimum Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Clearance: US Government (Public Trust)

JOB DESCRIPTION: Systems Safety Reliability Engineer - Crew Habitation

Our team 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 Crew Habitation Systems Safety & Reliability Engineer (SRE). Come join our team and help us continue the mission of space exploration!

Job Duties:

• Provide system safety and reliability subsystem engineering expertise in the area of Crew Habitation Systems (including Active Thermal Control Systems (ATCS), Environmental Control & Life Support Systems (ECLSS), Crew Systems, Crew Health & Performance, and Intra-Vehicular Activity (IVA) Suits) to the HLS Chief Safety Officer/ Safety & Mission Assurance (S&MA) Office
• Support real-time HLS flight operations on console as a member of the HLS S&MA Team, with focus on Crew Habitation Systems, including the performance of real-time risk assessments to the crew and/ or 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
• Support development of Cross-Program Integrated Hazard Analyses involving Crew Habitation Systems
• 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
• Perform system safety and reliability evaluations of proposed HLS mission flight rules and crew operational procedures prior to on-orbit use.
• 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

REQUIREMENTS: Systems Safety Reliability Engineer - Crew Habitation

Education: Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, Electrical, Reliability, or related field

Year(s) of Experience: 9  years of related experience in engineering or operations for complex, safety critical systems (spacecraft, suits, aircraft, medical devices, nuclear, automotive functional safety, etc.).

Minimum Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Required Skills and Traits:

• 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
• Ability to perform some shift work/ on-call duty during periods of HLS mission operations
• Basic knowledge and use of personal computer with typical business software
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are mandatory
• Must be able to travel (minimal) and work shifts periodically
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance

Desired Skills and Traits

• 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

QTS is an equal opportunity employer and will provide equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment and will not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family structure, genetic information, or mental or physical disability.