Flight Safety Analyst: Space Vehicle Risk Expert

Relative Dynamics; Georgetown (DE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life/dis-

401k with company match

Vacation and paid holidays

Employee referral program

Job summary

Relative Dynamics seeks a flight safety analyst to join the Safety & Mission Assurance Office at Wallops Flight Facility. The role focuses on identifying flight hazards, conducting risk analyses, and developing safety plans for orbital and sub-orbital launch programs.

You will coordinate with senior analysts, perform theoretical and practical analyses, and help ensure mission risk is understood and mitigated. A BS in Engineering/Math with 5+ years of experience is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Mathematics required.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in both orbital and sub-orbital vehicle risk analysis.
• Excellent oral communication and technical writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify flight hazards and controls to mitigate flight hazards in aerospace or aeronautical vehicle tests or operations.
• Perform risk studies and prepare risk analyses and flight safety plans that define safety limits, risk factors and mission rules.
• Perform casualty expectation and protected area impact probability studies.
• Analyze mission objectives to assure compliance with Agency and GSFC/WFF Range Flight Safety criteria.
• Adapt analysis methods to meet unique requirements of assignments.
• Work with senior analysts on conceptual definitions and complex analyses for new projects.

Skills

Oral communication

Technical writing

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Mathematics

Tools

TAOS

MATLAB

Trajectory Analysis Software

Range Safety Tools

Job description

Relative Dynamics seeks a flight safety analyst to join the Safety & Mission Assurance Office at Wallops Flight Facility. The role focuses on identifying flight hazards, conducting risk analyses, and developing safety plans for orbital and sub-orbital launch programs.

You will coordinate with senior analysts, perform theoretical and practical analyses, and help ensure mission risk is understood and mitigated. A BS in Engineering/Math with 5+ years of experience is required.