Space System Safety Engineer – Hazard Analysis & Launch Readiness

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a System Safety Engineer to plan and implement safety programs for spaceflight projects, including spacecraft and payloads of national significance.

Responsibilities include developing safety documents, performing quantitative hazard analyses, and leading safety reviews while collaborating with engineering and program management teams. National security space programs and eligibility for security clearances are involved.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or related field with experience in systems safety activities and operations.
• Extremely good communicator with sound professional judgment.
• Willing to travel, work in clean rooms, and occasional long hours/weekends.
• Active Secret clearance with potential to obtain Top Secret; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement system safety programs for space system development projects.
• Create system safety program plans, safety analyses, MSPSPs and safety reports.
• Perform quantitative analyses related to human and hardware safety during ground operations.
• Provide input to project documents on safety issues and hazard controls.
• Lead safety reviews and system safety working groups.
• Participate in space system assembly, integration, test, and launch operations to ensure safety controls.
• Support space flight projects ensuring quality and system assurance per sponsor requirements.

Skills

System safety

Communication

Planning

Team collaboration

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, or related field

Master’s degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a System Safety Engineer to plan and implement safety programs for spaceflight projects, including spacecraft and payloads of national significance.

Responsibilities include developing safety documents, performing quantitative hazard analyses, and leading safety reviews while collaborating with engineering and program management teams. National security space programs and eligibility for security clearances are involved.