Space Launch Flight Safety Analyst | Risk & Assurance

Relative Dynamics; Wallops Island (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wage

Benefits package

Medical, dental, vision, and life/disb

Vacation and paid holidays

401k with company match

Employee referral program

Community involvement

Job summary

Relative Dynamics, located at Wallops Island, VA, seeks a Flight Safety Analyst for guided and unguided launch vehicles. You will coordinate safety analyses from definition to launch, supporting NASA-related programs at GSFC/WFF. A strong background in risk analysis and writing is essential.

You will work with senior analysts on complex studies, develop safety plans, and present findings in technical briefings. This role requires on-site work and a proactive, collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Mathematics.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in both orbital and sub-orbital vehicle risk analysis.
• Excellent oral communication and technical writing skills.
• Experience developing software code and programs.

Responsibilities

• Flight Hazard Identification & Risk Analysis.
• 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 the safety limits, risk factors, and mission rules for missions, projects, and programs.
• Perform casualty expectation and protected area impact probability studies.
• Mission Compliance & Range User Support: Analyze mission objectives to assure compliance with Agency and GSFC/WFF Range Flight Safety criteria and advise range users on risk factors as they pertain to the mission.
• Adapt analysis methods and approaches to meet the unique requirements of assignments.
• Advanced Studies & Technical Analysis: Work with senior analysts to conduct conceptual definition studies and complex detailed analysis to establish preliminary designs and alternatives for advanced systems on proposed new projects for which no precedents are available.
• Perform theoretical, aerodynamic studies to evaluate factors that affect flight safety.
• Calculate flight safety limits for orbital guided launch vehicles and analyze post-flight data to confirm or deduce violations of limits or variations in predicted performance.
• Evaluate Failure Modes and Effects and Fault Tree Analysis.
• Technical Briefings & Reporting: Integrate study and analysis results into comprehensive technical briefings and reports to review panels and senior management to ensure that mission risks are understood.

Skills

Oral communication

Technical writing

Software development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Mathematics

Tools

TAOS

MATLAB

Range Safety Tools

Job description

Relative Dynamics, located at Wallops Island, VA, seeks a Flight Safety Analyst for guided and unguided launch vehicles. You will coordinate safety analyses from definition to launch, supporting NASA-related programs at GSFC/WFF. A strong background in risk analysis and writing is essential.

You will work with senior analysts on complex studies, develop safety plans, and present findings in technical briefings. This role requires on-site work and a proactive, collaborative mindset.