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SAIC System Safety Engineer Principal in HOUSTON, Texas
Description
Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program (CLDP) ECLSS/S&M Vehicle Subsystems Engineer (VSE)
CLDP ECLSS/S&M VSE Engineer Job Requisition:
SMAEC III has a rewarding position supporting the NASA Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering Contract (SMAEC III) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston helping to continue our exploration of space. Come join our team and help us continue the mission of space exploration. NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program involves the support and development of destinations that are operated in Low Earth Orbit and commercially-owned. CLDP entails private customers along with NASA purchasing services to inspire the growth of commercial activities in Low Earth Orbit. As such, once Commercial Low Earth Orbit destinations (CLDs) manifest, NASAs intensions are to implement a transition away from the International Space Station (ISS) that will occur in an orderly manner.
CLDP ELCSS/S&M Vehicle Subsystem Engineering Responsibilities include:
Perform system safety and reliability evaluations of proposed CLDP flight products prior to on-orbit use.
Complete the CLDP S&MA Vehicle Subsystem Engineering training/certification program to support ISS Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) and Structures and Mechanisms (S&M) for Rendezvous Proximity Operations Docking Subsystem (RPOD) within Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA).
Job Duties:
Support Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews of CLDP systems hardware; provide engineering evaluations against design and safety requirements.
Assure the technical adequacy of analyses developed by outside agencies.
Assess the system safety and fault tolerance characteristics of CLDP flight equipment operations to include analyses using fault trees and event simulation modeling of CLDP operational support plans. Develop and evaluate root cause and corrective actions using standard engineering techniques such as Fault Tree Analysis.
This position will require extensive oral and written interaction with high-level customer personnel. Perform real-time risk assessments of CLDP systems and operational changes and their impacts to space missions.
Participate in the CLDP forums to provide S&MA engineering support in vehicle development and operations processes. Provide technical engineering support to NASA CLDP Representatives to decision-making boards and panels.
Review and assess safety analysis hazard reports, requirement non-compliances, and support programmatic safety reviews.
Evaluate safety and mission assurance impacts of proposed engineering changes to CLDP hardware and processes.
Assess Failure Modes and Effects Analyses and Critical Items for S&MA engineering for accuracy and completeness.
Assess CLDP hardware Problem Reports to ensure that they capture safety and reliability issues.
Infrequent travel may be required
Reports to SAIC First Line Manager and SAIC Discipline Team Manager
Qualifications
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
BS in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline
15 or more years' experience in operations or engineering
Basic knowledge and use of personal computer with typical business software.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are mandatory.
Must be able to travel (minimal).
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
Preferred Skills:
Experience in Environmental Control and Life Support Systems and Structures and Mechanisms.
Experience in operational procedure development or evaluation is desirable.
Systems Engineering experience is desired. Spacecraft vehicle and system knowledge is desired.
NASA S&MA experience is desirable.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2415871
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