Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Safety Engineering, or related discipline; advanced degrees preferred
Over 8 years of related experience in system safety and hazard analysis
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Ability to work autonomously and prioritize tasks under tight deadlines
Proven experience in producing high-quality technical reports and presentations
Strong technical writing skills for clear documentation of safety analyses
Experience collaborating across multidisciplinary engineering teams
Responsibilities
Evaluate complex hardware and operational systems for safety compliance
Author and maintain system and hardware Hazard Reports throughout the program lifecycle
Support design reviews and assess systems for safety requirements compliance
Perform hazard analysis to identify potential hazards and necessary controls
Assist in developing Test and Verification requirements and reviewing results
Conduct qualitative and quantitative risk assessments of hazard controls
Present hazard analysis results and recommendations to NASA management
Benefits
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge human spaceflight programs
Collaborative environment with government and commercial space partners
Engagement in high-impact safety and mission assurance projects
Potential for professional growth within NASA's safety-critical programs
Minimal travel requirements, allowing for work-life balance
Full Job Description
Job Description
SAIC offers exciting and challenging opportunities 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 III) Contract. This is an exciting time to be making history with the NASA SMA team assuring continuous human presence returning humans to the Moon and then to Mars safely. You will offer support through government collaboration with commercial space companies. You will apply design and operations knowledge and expertise in various areas of system safety, reliability, quality engineering and assurance, software, probabilistic risk assessment, and others.
Job Description:
This position requires the ability to evaluate complex hardware and operational systems from a systems safety perspective, identify credible hazardous conditions, determine causes and controls, assess verification evidence, and document safety rationale in accordance with applicable program and NASA human spaceflight safety requirements.
The engineer will work closely with systems engineering, design engineering, operations, reliability, quality, human factors, EVA, crew systems, and program safety organizations.
Author, revise, and maintain system and hardware Hazard Reports throughout the applicable program lifecycle.
Support design reviews and evaluate systems and planned operations for compliance with applicable safety requirements.
Perform hazard analysis for assigned systems and projects to identify all potential hazards, hazard causes and necessary controls to mitigate risk to crew and mission success.
Assist with the development of Test and Verification (T&V) requirements and review of T&V results to verify efficacy of hazard controls
Perform qualitative and quantitative risk assessments based on relative strengths / weaknesses of hazard controls
Coordinate with reliability engineers to ensure consistency between system safety and reliability analysis (e.g. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) failure mode mapping to hazard causes and criticality assessments)
Provide recommendations to program/project management regarding risk mitigations
Present hazard analysis results and recommendations to NASA management for formal risk acceptance
Evaluate anomalies, non-conformances and proposed changes to system design or planned operations for impacts to system safety and reliability analysis
Participate in design reviews, program/project review boards, safety review panels and other technical forums to ensure safety and mission assurance risks are properly identified and addressed.
Qualifications
Required Education:
Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience
Desired Education:
Bachelor's in Mechanical, Aerospace, Safety Engineering, or related discipline
Required Experience:
Over 8 years of related experience
Must be able to travel (minimal) and work shifts periodically
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Ability to work effectively across multiple organizations / stakeholders and within a team environment
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
Proven ability to produce high quality technical reports and deliver clear, effective technical presentations to senior management and customers.
Candidates should have experience in system safety, hazard analysis, or hazard report development and be able to identify hazards, causes, controls, and verification methods.
They must be able to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, tests, and procedures, and demonstrate strong technical writing skills for clear, defensible documentation.
Effective collaboration across multidisciplinary engineering teams is also essential.
Desired Experience:
Preferred candidates have experience supporting NASA human spaceflight programs and working within safety-critical environments.
They should be comfortable leading hazard documentation, collaborating across engineering teams, and presenting safety findings to review boards.
Strong analytical skills, familiarity with NASA safety processes, and prior work with commercial space partners are highly valued.
Clearance:
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
About SAIC
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
