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Aerospace Engineer

4 months ago


Vandenberg AFB, United States Department Of Transportation Full time
Summary

The mission of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation is to ensure protection of the public, property, and the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States during commercial launch or reentry activities, and to encourage, facilitate, and promote U.S. commercial space transportation.



Duties

Performs a mixture of routine and multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/ program manager, team leader, or more experienced engineer. Acts as an individual contributor and/or member of a team. As an Aerospace Engineer, you will support the analyses and conduct of safety evaluations for proposed space transportation activities that involve the launch or reentry of expendable and reusable launch vehicles and operation of launch and reentry sites. Applies experience and detailed knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and concepts applicable to his/her discipline to plan and accomplish assignments. Typical assignments may include: design work; field inspections; reviewing contractor work; collecting and analyzing data; performing trend analyses; engineering testing; and writing technical/management reports.

The analyses and evaluations include those aspects of the launch operations that may affect public safety such as reliability of critical systems and components, safety policies and procedures, and safety personnel and organization. Provide assistance for technical reviews and regarding the adequacy of technical documents, analyses, procedures, or policies submitted by an applicant seeking a license, permit or safety approval. Support the conduct of safety inspections of commercial launch, reentry, and site operations to ensure that systems and processes do not pose unacceptable risks to the public and can operate in compliance with established safety, environmental and regulatory requirements.

Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow some discretion to select the most appropriate approach. Provide assistance in enabling licensed and permitted operations to be safely and efficiently integrated into the National Airspace System. Assist in the development of regulatory requirements for new and existing technologies and concepts for commercial space transportation involving expendable and reusable launch vehicles. Assist with the initial interface for government and industry stakeholders as well as new commercial space transportation applicants requiring FAA licensing.

Work is reviewed periodically during assignments and at completion to ensure timeliness and technical compliance with the requirements of the project or other work activity.