Remote Spaceflight System Safety Analyst

ARES Corporation; Centennial (CO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA/FSA Accounts

Life & Disability Insurance

Critical Illness & Accident Insurance

ESOP

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Job summary

ARES Corporation is seeking a System Safety Technical Analyst for Human Spaceflight, with remote work potential and a hybrid option for Denver-area candidates. The role focuses on rigorous evaluation of vehicle subsystems, safety analyses, and ensuring adherence to NASA guidelines in support of Blue Origin’s Lunar program.

The ideal candidate holds a BS in an engineering field and has 6+ years of aerospace experience, with strong experience in FTA, FMECA, and system safety concepts.

Qualifications

• Experience evaluating aerospace vehicle systems or subsystems and understanding requirements, design, interfaces, integration, and test.
• Strong technical aptitude to review schematics, requirements, interface definitions, analyses, and test data.
• Experience with systems engineering principles including requirements traceability, V&V, and design reviews (PDR/CDR/TRR).
• Hands-on or detailed review experience in propulsion/fluids, avionics/electrical, structures/mechanisms, thermal, power, GNC, or software-intensive systems.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills; ability to engage with customer engineering teams and document findings clearly.
• Experience with NASA human-rating requirements and related system safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Subsystem and System Technical Evaluation: evaluate vehicle subsystems by reviewing requirements, design docs, schematics, interface control documents, analyses, and test plans.
• Requirements, Design, and Verification Review: assess traceability, design implementation, and verification evidence; identify gaps or shortfalls.
• Hazard Analysis and Safety Assessment Support: assist in hazard analyses, hazard reports, FTA, FMECA, and failure tolerance assessments.
• Customer and Cross-Discipline Engagement: collaborate with Blue Origin subsystem and systems engineers; present findings in reviews.
• Documentation and Continuous Learning: produce clear assessments and learn system safety processes and standards.

Skills

System safety

Hazard analysis

FTA / FMECA

Technical communication

Independent work

NASA standards

Education

BS degree in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical/Systems

Tools

Jama

DOORS

Job description

ARES Corporation is seeking a System Safety Technical Analyst for Human Spaceflight, with remote work potential and a hybrid option for Denver-area candidates. The role focuses on rigorous evaluation of vehicle subsystems, safety analyses, and ensuring adherence to NASA guidelines in support of Blue Origin’s Lunar program.

The ideal candidate holds a BS in an engineering field and has 6+ years of aerospace experience, with strong experience in FTA, FMECA, and system safety concepts.