Spaceflight Safety Engineer II - Launch Site Compliance

Amentum; United States; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

PTO

Job summary

Amentum at Kennedy Space Center in Florida is seeking a safety professional to join the COMET contract team. You will perform safety operations, conduct risk assessments, and ensure compliance with NASA and company policies while supporting critical ground testing and launch readiness.

This full-time role requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field and several years of experience, with potential for future security clearance and occasional overtime.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Safety, Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental or related field and 4 years of experience.
• Ability to obtain security clearance may be required in the future.

Responsibilities

• Perform safety operations tasks for COMET at Kennedy Space Center.
• Coordinate site safety and health assessments and reviews.
• Support hazardous operations at KSC facilities including cryogenic, hypergolic, explosive, high pressure, toxic, working at heights, and asphyxiant hazards.
• Interpret federal, NASA and SOD safety requirements and regulations, and implement policies and procedures to ensure compliance.
• Investigates and provides technical solutions to compliance problems or questions/concerns.
• Performs risk assessments to assess risk and design controls to protect personnel.
• Interacts with customers to resolve safety, health and environmental issues.
• Review and approve Work Authorization Documents.
• Provides oversight of compliance with safety health and environmental requirements and company policy.

Skills

Safety operations

Risk assessments

Regulatory compliance

Written/verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Safety, Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental or related field

Job description

Amentum at Kennedy Space Center in Florida is seeking a safety professional to join the COMET contract team. You will perform safety operations, conduct risk assessments, and ensure compliance with NASA and company policies while supporting critical ground testing and launch readiness.

This full-time role requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field and several years of experience, with potential for future security clearance and occasional overtime.