Lead Flight Safety Engineer - Next-Gen Spaceplane

Matchbox; Christchurch; Remote; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dawn Aerospace in Christchurch, New Zealand, is seeking a Senior Flight Safety Engineer to own the flight safety analyses for our pioneering spaceplane. You will translate safety targets into quantitative criteria, implement and validate analysis methodology, and lead safety assessments aligned with ED-279/280 and 14 CFR 25.1309.

This is a hands-on role with real ownership of how we fly safely. You will work across disciplines to develop and verify a robust flight safety framework, run analyses

Qualifications

• Experience with flight safety analyses for launch or re-entry under Part 450 (or similar), or range safety work.
• Ability to translate high-level safety targets into quantitative criteria for flight safety analyses.
• Experience with Hazard Analysis methods (FHA/FTA) and reliability analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own the Part 450 Flight Safety Analysis and translate safety targets into criteria.
• Lead end-to-end implementation of flight safety analysis methodology and validation.
• Develop and validate the flight safety analysis tool to software qualification standards.
• Assess vehicle design to derive probabilities of failure and run analyses for mission profiles.
• Prepare analysis content for regulatory certification applications and interact with regulators.

Skills

Flight safety analysis

Quantitative risk modelling

FHA/FTA/CCA analyses

Systems engineering

Aerospace development

Tools

Trajectory modelling software

Analysis software

Job description

Dawn Aerospace in Christchurch, New Zealand, is seeking a Senior Flight Safety Engineer to own the flight safety analyses for our pioneering spaceplane. You will translate safety targets into quantitative criteria, implement and validate analysis methodology, and lead safety assessments aligned with ED-279/280 and 14 CFR 25.1309.

This is a hands-on role with real ownership of how we fly safely. You will work across disciplines to develop and verify a robust flight safety framework, run analyses