POSITION: Senior Systems Safety Engineer
LOCATION: El Segundo, CA
REQUIRED SECURITY CLEARANCE: Active TS with SCI eligibility
POSITION TYPE/STANDARD WORK HOURS: Full time, 40 hours

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide space acquisitions, engineering, operations, and technical advice for all project stages to support the acquisition life cycle. Support program acquisition for advanced technology, concept development, and integration. Advise on cost, schedule, and performance.
• Revise or draft Joint Capabilities Integrated Development System (JCIDS) and acquisition documentation for government program managers. Support presentations to stakeholders. Documentation includes Initial Capability Documents, Interface Control Documents, Capability Development/Production/Requirements Documents, Milestone documentation, Acquisition Strategies, Analysis of Alternatives, Concept of Operations, Memorandums of Agreement/Understanding, Technical/Systems Requirement Documents, Defense Acquisition Board documentation, Technical Evaluations, System Specifications, training material, briefings, white papers, reports, and analysis results.
• Provide draft SME-level technical and/or programmatic status reports of programs or portfolios as requested by the government.
• Identify improvement areas in acquisition processes. Provide actionable recommendations and execute tasks to reduce risks. Assist in building and maintaining a government risk program.
• Maintain awareness of current program schedules, monitor acquisition implementation, report requirement shortfalls, and provide program assessments based on identified risks.
• Advise on technical engagements such as technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and program conferences. Maintain broad awareness of technology development efforts. Assist integrated product teams and establish customer and contractor interfaces.
• Provide technical and operational insight for mission protection and data assessments. Recommend solutions for technical issues. Develop and evaluate impact analysis, audits, studies, compliance inspections, and readiness reviews.
• Assist in maintaining a system safety program in accordance with DoD safety instructions and guidance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• MA/MS degree required.
• Ten or more years' experience in this type of position or program required.
• Must be an expert in classified weapon system DoD, Air Force, and SSC system safety policies and procedures.
• Must be an expert in space vehicle systems safety considerations, including design requirements, technical review requirements, launch, and launch range safety requirements.
• BA/BS degree is acceptable if the candidate possesses at least 12 years of experience in this type of position or program. The Materiel Leader may also waive the MA/MS requirement.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position does not supervise the work of others.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Must be able to operate a computer and other standard office equipment. Must be able to remain in a stationary position, 80%.

TRAVEL:
Little if any travel is required.

OTHER DUTIES:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and/or activities may change at any time with or without notice.

COMPENSATION / SALARY RANGE:

BTAS adheres to federal, state, and local regulations. This is a Full-Time, Salary, Exempt position. The following salary range is what we reasonably expect to pay but is contingent and subject to a variety of factors, including but not limited to years of experience, education, certification(s), training, specialized skills, responsibilities, etc.

SALARY RANGE: $148,000 - $250,000 Annual Salary

BTAS BENEFITS:
A comprehensive benefits program, including paid time off, federal holidays, health coverage, 401K plan with generous company match is offered to all full-time employees.