Space Systems Safety Engineer - Hazard Analysis & Risk

SAIC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston seeks a Senior Systems Safety Engineer to evaluate complex hardware and operations from a safety perspective, identify hazards, determine causes and controls, and document safety rationale per NASA requirements.

You will collaborate with design, reliability, and program safety teams, author and maintain Hazard Reports, support design reviews, perform risk assessments, and present findings to management to enable risk acceptance.

Qualifications

• Over 8 years of related experience.
• Must be able to travel (minimal) and work shifts periodically.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple organizations / stakeholders and within a team environment.
• Ability to work autonomously, with minimal management oversight, to prioritize work and accomplish tasks within tight schedule constraints.
• Ability to visualize, articulate, and condense complex issues into concise, easily understood presentations.
• Proven ability to produce high quality technical reports and deliver clear, effective technical presentations to senior management and customers.
• Candidates should have experience in system safety, hazard analysis, or hazard report development and be able to identify hazards, causes, controls, and verification methods.
• They must be able to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, tests, and procedures, and demonstrate strong technical writing skills for clear, defensible documentation.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate complex hardware and operations from a systems safety perspective.
• Identify credible hazardous conditions, determine causes and controls, and document safety rationale.
• Work closely with systems engineering, design engineering, operations, reliability, quality, and safety organizations.
• Author, revise, and maintain Hazard Reports throughout the program lifecycle.
• Support design reviews and evaluate systems for compliance with safety requirements.
• Perform hazard analysis for assigned systems and projects to identify hazards and required controls.
• Assist with development of Test and Verification requirements and review results.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative risk assessments based on hazard controls.
• Coordinate with reliability engineers to align system safety and reliability analyses.
• Provide recommendations to management regarding risk mitigations.
• Present hazard analysis results and recommendations to NASA management for risk acceptance.
• Evaluate anomalies and proposed changes for impacts to safety and reliability.

Skills

System safety

Hazard analysis

FMEA mapping

Hazard reports

Risk assessment

Technical writing

Interpersonal communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Engineering drawings interpretation

Requirements verification

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Safety Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

SAIC at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston seeks a Senior Systems Safety Engineer to evaluate complex hardware and operations from a safety perspective, identify hazards, determine causes and controls, and document safety rationale per NASA requirements.

You will collaborate with design, reliability, and program safety teams, author and maintain Hazard Reports, support design reviews, perform risk assessments, and present findings to management to enable risk acceptance.