Senior Space System Safety Engineer

System Safety; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bastion is seeking a System Safety Engineer to support a space program in Houston, TX. You will focus on safety requirements, hazard analyses, and safety reporting to ensure mission success.

The role requires US citizenship, a bachelor's degree in engineering, and 10+ years of related experience in human spaceflight programs. You will manage safety documentation, participate in design reviews, and interface with multiple disciplines to develop robust safety cases.

Qualifications

• US citizenship required due to customer information sensitivity.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
• 10+ years of related work experience.
• Experience in human spaceflight programs and systems/subsystems.
• Experience in systems safety working groups (SSWG, WSESRB, SSSTRP).
• Ability to build and communicate a safety case for redesign/risk acceptance.
• Experience with requirements management and development, including DOORS and/or CRADL.
• Ability to interface with customer and program management.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate human-rated hardware and software systems ensuring mission success.
• Prepare and/or update PHL, PHA, FHAs, SHA, and SAR.
• Prepare presentations and participate in Design Reviews, TRTs, TIMs, and safety meetings.
• Support development and updating of System Safety documents for customer/contract requirements.
• Review and input to test procedures for System Safety compliance.
• Assist in the Hazard Tracking System (HTS) maintenance for hazards and mitigations.
• Interface with Reliability Engineering, Software Safety, Quality Engineering, Flight Ops, Logistics & Maintenance, and Subsystem Engineering.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

US Citizenship

Spaceflight program experience

Safety case development

Customer / program management interf

Hazard analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

DOORS

CRADL

Microsoft Office Suite

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

Bastion is seeking a System Safety Engineer to support a space program in Houston, TX. You will focus on safety requirements, hazard analyses, and safety reporting to ensure mission success.

The role requires US citizenship, a bachelor's degree in engineering, and 10+ years of related experience in human spaceflight programs. You will manage safety documentation, participate in design reviews, and interface with multiple disciplines to develop robust safety cases.