Chief System Safety Engineer for Crewed Spacecraft

Telemetry Today LLC; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Gravitics seeks an experienced Lead System Safety Engineer to own system safety for pressurized spacecraft and modular orbital structures, including crewed space station interfaces. You will lead the end-to-end safety lifecycle, author hazard reports, and serve as the principal safety representative for NASA and station operator reviews.

You will coordinate with systems, avionics, propulsion, and software teams, drive safety into design trades, and mentor additional safety engineers as Gravitics

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or related discipline.
• 7+ years in aerospace system safety, systems engineering, or propulsion/fluid systems engineering.
• Experience authoring hazard reports approved by NASA for human-rated vehicles or crewed programs.
• Working knowledge of NASA standards SSP 50808, 30599, 30309, NPR 8715.3, NPR 8705.2.
• Technical understanding of pressurized systems and battery safety.
• U.S. person status per ITAR/EAR requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Safety Program: maintain SSPP, hazard baselines, and safety verification logs.
• Represent safety reviews with station operator and NASA safety panels; prepare and close data packages.
• Lead hazard analyses and author hazard reports with causes, controls, and verifications.
• Oversee FHA, FTA, FMECA, and associated reliability analyses with the team.
• Ensure safety requirements traceability across hardware, software, and procedures.

Skills

Hazard Analysis

Functional Hazard Analysis

Fault Tree Analysis

FMECA

Safety Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or systems engineering

Tools

Jama

DOORS

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Gravitics seeks an experienced Lead System Safety Engineer to own system safety for pressurized spacecraft and modular orbital structures, including crewed space station interfaces. You will lead the end-to-end safety lifecycle, author hazard reports, and serve as the principal safety representative for NASA and station operator reviews.

You will coordinate with systems, avionics, propulsion, and software teams, drive safety into design trades, and mentor additional safety engineers as Gravitics