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Oceaneering · 1 week ago

Flight Safety System Engineer – Space Systems

Houston, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid, Senior Level

2+ years exp

Oceaneering is a global provider of engineered services and products, particularly in the aerospace and defense sectors. The Flight Safety System Engineer will support NASA on various projects, ensuring safety and compliance through assessments, hazard analyses, and documentation, while collaborating with project teams and regulatory agencies.

EnergyIndustrialInformation TechnologyManufacturingOil and GasTransportation

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide product and project safety expertise to Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) Flight projects, Space Flight projects and Payload Flight projects for NASA programs (ISS, Artemis, Gateway)

Act as an integral member of the Project Team for all phases of the project from project kick-off and development (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.) through product delivery for flight

Develop the initial safety assessment (Initial Assessment of Criticality), Hazard Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, and the Safety Data Package for the project

Represent the project at all Safety Reviews and act as the project safety expert

Present Safety Data Packages to the Safety Review Panel (SRP), MPCV Safety & Engineering Review Panel (MSERP, and/or the International Space Station (ISS) Payload Safety Review Panel (PSRP)

Provide high quality documentation deliverables per the project schedule

Support safety document updates for modifications to existing flight products

Support projects on other safety activities as necessary

Provide weekly accomplishment and status reports to the Manager of Flight Systems Safety

Provide rough orders of magnitude (ROM's) and basis of estimates (BOE's) for project and tasks

Perform other duties as required

Ability to develop excellent working relationships with customers, peers, and management

Experience working directly with customers and regulatory agencies (e.g., DOD, NASA, FAA, DCMA or Range Safety) to achieve safety objectives

Perform other duties as required

Qualification

System Safety experienceHazard AnalysisFailure ModesEffects AnalysisSpaceflight systems safetyFault tree developmentReliability EngineeringCommunication skillsLeadership skillsProject managementTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in engineering and a minimum of two (2) years of related experience

Ability to work on multiple projects, within matrix team environments, and to demanding schedules is required. Examples of capabilities may be requested during interview process

Possess strong communication and leadership skills

System Safety experience in the aerospace industry

Ability to develop fault trees and failure modes, effects and analyses using root cause analysis processes

Ability to perform hazard analysis and develop hazard reports

Possess a strong background in spaceflight systems safety and systems engineering

Preferred

Requires a BS in Engineering or Science from an accredited school and five (5) years of related experience, or a MS degree from an accredited school and four (4) years of related experience, or Ph.D. from an accredited engineering school - or -- BS degree in engineering from an accredited engineering school and ten (10) years of direct engineering experience, or a MS degree from an accredited engineering school and eight (8) years of direct engineering experience, or Ph.D. and four (4) years of direct engineering experience

Five (5) years of experience with NASA/JSC flight hardware processes

System Safety experience at Johnson Space Center highly desired

Experience with IVA and EVA hardware and crew systems development efforts

Experience in Reliability Engineering highly desired

Experience with task order contracts

Experience in developing schedules, budgets, and project plans

Proof of U.S. Citizenship or US Permanent Residency is a requirement for this position

Must be able to complete a U.S. government background investigation

Management has the prerogative to select at any level for which the position is advertised