System Safety Engineer III

Blue Origin; Kent (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 20%

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior System Safety Engineer to join the Safety, Quality and Mission Assurance organization. You will work with systems engineering teams to define and verify safety and reliability requirements for space vehicles and in-space systems.

You will lead hazard analyses, identify risk controls, and mentor engineers across programs, helping to improve safety practices and ensure mission success. This role requires travel up to 20% and relocation support.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of System Safety or Systems Engineering experience performing requirements definition, traceability, decomposition, integration, verification, and validation.
• Experience performing safety analyses on safety-critical systems including FTA, PHA, FHA, Hazard Reports, FMECA, reliability analysis, and mitigation plans.
• Ability to lead and coordinate safety analysis products across stakeholders and engineering disciplines.
• Strong safety and mission assurance fundamentals.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform and lead engineering activities including FTA, PHA, FHA, Hazard Reports, FMECA, reliability analysis, and mitigation plans.
• Develop plans and coordinate safety analyses for system and subsystem levels, providing guidance and reviews.
• Ensure traceability between system/subsystem functions, requirements, and safety artifacts.
• Support verification and validation of safety and reliability requirements.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers across programs.
• Collaborate across systems to share best practices and improve processes.

Skills

FTA

PHA

FHA

FMECA

Reliability

Traceability

Leadership

Communication

Education

B.S. in aerospace or systems engineering

Job description

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

This role is part of the Safety, Quality and Mission Assurance organization. This team is focused on defining, monitoring and assessing processes that guide Blue Origin’s design, manufacturing, and operations, ensuring system safety engineering, reliability, environmental health, and safety, product integrity, and certification.

As part of a hardworking team of engineers, you will work as a System Safety Engineer on space vehicles and in-space systems. You will work with systems engineering teams to define and verify compliance with safety and reliability requirements. You will help engineers identify areas of opportunity for design improvements, minimize risk to people and property, and increase the probability of mission success. You will be responsible for leading, performing and coordinating safety analyses to identify hazards, causes, controls, mitigations, and risk characterization. You will work directly with responsible engineers, program management, and customers to return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is a must!

Special Mentions:

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 20% of the time

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Perform and lead engineering activities including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Preliminary Hazard Assessment (PHA), Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Hazard Reports, Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), reliability analysis, and developing mitigation plans
• Develop plans and coordinate completion of system and subsystem safety analysis, providing review, guidance, and expertise of safety analysis products
• Ensure traceability between system and subsystem functions, requirements, and safety artifacts
• Support verification and validation of safety and reliability requirements
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers across the program and company
• Collaborate across systems to develop best practices and find opportunities for common processes across programs

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or related field
• 7+ years of System Safety or Systems Engineering experience performing activities such as requirements definition, requirements traceability, functional decomposition, integration, verification, and validation
• In-depth experience with performing safety analyses on safety critical systems including: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Preliminary Hazard Assessment (PHA), Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Hazard Reports, Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), reliability analysis, and mitigation plans
• Ability to lead and coordinate safety analysis products across stakeholders and experts from varying engineering fields to produce safety and reliability products
• Strong safety and mission assurance fundamentals
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, and ability to communicate technical information effectively

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience performing system safety and/or reliability analyses on satellites or human-rated in-space systems
• Experience performing compliance assessment of system safety processes and products against external standards including Range Safety, NASA, FAA, MIL-STD-882, or ARP-4761
• Experience with certification of human-rated space systems
• Process ownership and maintenance experience