What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Safety Engineer - Space Systems position at Qualified Technical Services, Inc?
Work Location: Houston, TX
Minimum Citizenship: U.S. Citizen
Clearance: US Government (Public Trust)
JOB DESCRIPTION: Systems Safety Engineer - Space Systems
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, and risk management.
This position is in-line at the Axiom xEVAS facility that requires in-office support Monday through Friday each week. It involves development of system safety products and coordination/collaboration of those with responsible design engineers and NASA safety review panel.
Specific tasks may include:
- Development 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
- Identify, characterize and provide recommendations regarding mitigation of safety and mission assurance risks to senior management
- Participation in failure analysis and problem resolution
REQUIREMENTS: Systems Safety Engineer - Space Systems
Education: Aerospace, Mechanical, Systems, Electrical, Reliability, or related field
Year(s) of Experience: 15 years of related experience 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
- High degree of technical excellence, integrity, and self-initiative
- Ability to evaluate technical merits of spacecraft/spacesuit designs and identify alternative solutions to complex technical problems to mitigate mission risk
- 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)
- Must be able to obtain and retain Public Trust security clearance.
Desired Skills and Traits
- Experience with spacecraft/spacesuit 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
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.