Lead Spacecraft System Safety Engineer

Gravitics; Florida; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company equity

Medical benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Gravitics is seeking a Lead System Safety Engineer to own the safety lifecycle for our pressurized spacecraft and orbital structures. You will lead hazard analyses, develop safety data packages, and serve as the chief safety representative before NASA and station-operator reviews.

You'll collaborate with systems, avionics, propulsion, and software teams to ensure hazard controls are verifiable, traceable, and compliant with SSPs and NASA standards, while mentoring junior safety engineers as

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, systems engineering or closely related technical discipline.
• 7+ years in aerospace system safety, systems engineering, or propulsion/fluid systems engineering with hazard report/safety data package authoring approved by NASA.
• Hands-on hazard reports, fault tree analysis, and FMECA experience; demonstration of fault tolerance and inhibit schemes for catastrophic hazards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the System Safety Program Plan (SSPP) and hazard baselines; own hazard tracking and safety verification logs.
• Represent safety in interactions with station operator and NASA safety panels; prepare and close safety data packages (Phase 0/I, II, III).
• Oversee hazard analyses (FHA, FTA, FMECA) and related system-level analyses with reliability teams.
• Define safety requirements and traceability to verification across hardware, software, and procedures using Jama/DOORS.

Skills

Hazard analysis

FMECA

FTA

HA

Education

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

Tools

Jama

DOORS

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Gravitics is seeking a Lead System Safety Engineer to own the safety lifecycle for our pressurized spacecraft and orbital structures. You will lead hazard analyses, develop safety data packages, and serve as the chief safety representative before NASA and station-operator reviews.

You'll collaborate with systems, avionics, propulsion, and software teams to ensure hazard controls are verifiable, traceable, and compliant with SSPs and NASA standards, while mentoring junior safety engineers as