SAIC · 21 hours ago
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Engineer
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expSAIC offers an exciting opportunity to support NASA’s human spaceflight programs at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The role involves providing Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Human Reliability Analysis skills to ensure the safety and reliability of various spaceflight missions.
Information TechnologySecurityService IndustrySoftware
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Provide Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) and Human Reliability Analysis skills to NASA in support of NASA’s human spaceflight programs including, but not limited to, the Commercial Crew, Orion Multipurpose Crewed Vehicle, Gateway, Artemis, and EVA/Human Surface Mobility Programs
Develop and utilize system safety and reliability analysis; such as, hazard analysis, Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA), Reliability Block Diagram Analysis (RBDA), Fault Tolerance Analysis (FTA), Human Reliability Analysis (HRA) and PRA to assess ground support and spaceflight hardware, software, pre-launch, in-flight and post landing recovery operations to identify hazards and quantify risk of designated operations, conditions or events related to planned human spaceflight missions
Perform reliability data analysis, including the collection, classification and validation of data used to model and predict the reliability of complex spaceflight systems and crew operations under extreme environmental conditions
Provide system modeling and data analysis expertise to develop reliability and probabilistic risk assessment models, and the reduction and application of probability data, including development of early flight adjustment factors
Coordinate with spaceflight hardware/software developers and operators to collect failure and operations related data necessary to model spaceflight systems
Provide modeling and data analysis for design and operational trade studies to support risk informed decision making
Document assessment/analysis results in formal reports and present findings and recommendations to senior management
Provide technical assessments of System Safety, Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) products and processes developed/used by NASA contractors and hardware providers
Qualification
Required
Bachelors in Engineering, Science (Physics), Mathematics, or Statistics, and 9 years or more experience; Masters and 7 years or more experience
Recognized subject matter expert in the highly specialized field of PRA, HRA, and quantitative risk analysis of complex systems and operations
U.S. Citizen able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
Ability to pass a NASA background check to gain access to NASA facilities and IT systems
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills
Ability to work effectively across multiple organizations / stakeholders and within a teaming environment to get results
Ability to work autonomously, with minimal management oversight, to prioritize work and accomplish tasks within tight schedule constraints
Ability to visualize, articulate, and condense complex issues into concise, easily understood presentations
Ability to generate high quality written technical reports and prepare and give high quality technical presentations for senior management and the customer
Proficient in the use of Excel and other statistical tools
Previous SAPHIRE experience
Previous Human Reliability Analysis experience
Previous experience performing root cause analysis
Company
SAIC
SAIC specializes in IT, enterprise IT, engineering, and professional services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$522.13MKey Investors
U.S. Geothermal
2025-09-22Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2010-09-13Post Ipo Equity· $22M
2006-10-13IPO
Leadership Team
Prabu Natarajan
Chief Financial Officer
Kevin F Brown
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
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