NASA Avionics Systems Safety Engineer

1 month ago

Houston, United States Qualified Technical Services Full time
Work Location: Houston, TX - NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Minimum Citizenship: U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
Clearance: US Government (Public Trust)

JOB DESCRIPTION: NASA Avionics Systems Safety Engineer (Entry Level)

Our team has has an exciting and challenging opportunity to support NASA's present and future human spaceflight programs. You will assist with the design, development, test and evaluation of spacecraft systems and mission planning for NASA's Artemis Program. You will be responsible for ensuring spacecraft Command and Control Data Handling systems are comply with all applicable Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) requirements. Some travel to vendors, prime contractor sites, and/or vehicle processing centers may be required.

Responsibilities include:
  • Assist with the development and effective implementation of Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) requirements, processes and procedures
  • Evaluation of spacecraft avionics design and operations for compliance to NASA S&MA requirements and system certification limits / constraints
  • Evaluation of changes to requirements, materials, processes and procedures for avionics systems for potential impacts to flight safety and mission success
  • Evaluation of prime contractor processes and products including hazard analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), design verification analysis, reliability and maintainability analysis, limited life item time/cycle tracking reports, hardware qualification and acceptance test reports related to avionics systems
  • Perform qualitative and quantitative risk assessments and trade studies related to avionics systems
  • Perform integrated hazard analyses of joint operations between exploration projects such as HLS, Gateway, Orion and Extravehicular Activity Systems (EVAS) to identify potential hazards, hazard causes and controls, and document residual flight safety risk related to avionics systems
  • Identify, characterize and provide recommendations regarding mitigation of safety and mission assurance risks related to avionics systems to senior management
  • Participation in failure analysis and problem resolution related to avionics systems
REQUIREMENTS: NASA Avionics Systems Safety Engineer (Entry Level)

Education: BS in Electrical, Electronics or Computer Engineering

Year(s) of Experience: 0 - 5 years in Engineering or Operations (preferably in NASA Space Programs)

Minimum Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Required Skills and Traits:
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills
  • High degree of technical excellence, integrity, and self-initiative
  • Ability to evaluate technical merits of spacecraft designs and identify alternative solutions to complex technical problems to mitigate mission risk
  • Ability to work effectively across multiple organizations / stakeholders and within a teaming environment to get results
  • Proficient in use of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Power Point, Excel)
  • Must be able to pass a Government Background check to receive a Public Trust clearance
  • Must be able to travel (~10%) and work occasional shifts to support space missions
Other Desired Skills:
  • Experience with command and data handling systems related to spacecraft or aircraft flight operations and control
  • Experience with spacecraft avionics design, test and verification, maintenance, and operations
  • Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) experience is desirable with emphasis on development and utilization of system safety (hazard analysis) and reliability analyses (FMEA/CIL, PRA, RBDA, FTA) to inform and influence design, test and verification activities, and planned flight operations
  • Experience performing root cause analysis and development of fault trees to support anomaly / non-conformance investigations

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