Space Systems Safety & Fault Protection Engineer

Space Kinetic; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity-Based Compensation

401(k) retirement plan with company 3.

Job summary

Space Kinetic is seeking a System Engineer focused on Safety / Fault Protection to ensure space vehicles operate safely and reliably. You will identify mission risks, evaluate off-nominal conditions, and influence architecture, verification planning, and fault-protection strategies for government programs.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in engineering, 3–7 years in safety-critical systems, and strong writing and risk-driven judgment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field.
• 3–7 years of experience in safety-critical spacecraft or related systems.
• Experience with fault protection, hazard assessment, FMEAs or similar methods.
• Ability to translate safety objectives into verifiable requirements.
• Strong technical writing, communication, and risk-informed engineering judgment.

Responsibilities

• Perform hazard analyses, fault tree analyses, FMEAs, and other safety assessments.
• Identify hazard controls, residual risks, single-point, common-cause, and cascading failures.
• Develop fault detection, isolation, containment, recovery, and safing requirements.
• Evaluate spacecraft architecture, autonomy, modes, command paths, and off-nominal behavior.
• Translate safety objectives into verifiable system and subsystem requirements.
• Verify hazard controls through analysis, testing, simulation, and fault injection.
• Support anomaly investigations, corrective actions, design reviews, readiness reviews, and customer safety reviews.
• Maintain traceability across hazards, controls, requirements, procedures, and verification evidence.

Skills

System engineering

Hazard analysis

Fault protection

Requirements development

Technical writing

Risk assessment

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering

Tools

Cameo

MagicDraw

SysML

DOORS

Jama

Job description

Space Kinetic is seeking a System Engineer focused on Safety / Fault Protection to ensure space vehicles operate safely and reliably. You will identify mission risks, evaluate off-nominal conditions, and influence architecture, verification planning, and fault-protection strategies for government programs.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in engineering, 3–7 years in safety-critical systems, and strong writing and risk-driven judgment.