Senior ISS System Safety Engineer

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense Space & Security (BDS) is looking for a Senior ISS System Safety Engineer to join the International Space Station (ISS) team in Houston, TX.

 

This role is an exciting opportunity to work closely with NASA safety and engineering personnel on the ISS Sustaining Engineering contract for ensuring the safe operations of ISS critical systems.

Perform engineering assessments and analyses for the International Space Station (ISS), Commercial Vehicles (manned and unmanned) payloads and experiments that are flown on International vehicles (e.g. Progress or Soyuz) or commercial vehicles (e.g. SpaceX, CST-100, HTV-X, Axiom, Nyx)

 

Primary responsibilities:

• Works with our Safety cross-functional team to lead risk-based hazard analyses at a system level, identify appropriate control and mitigation strategies, write and flow down safety requirements.
• Reviews system vehicle-level and ISS concept of operations, system architecture, and system design from a safety perspective, and collaborate on software, hardware, and operations systems designs to enhance the system safety to meet NASA requirements.
• Performs safety analysis, develops and maintains safety documentation, and supports safety panel reviews for International Space Station (ISS) Payloads and Systems Integration.
• Serves as technical lead engineer for the system safety team.
• Collaborates with reliability engineers to produce complete and accurate reliability assessments, including Fault Tree Analysis (FTAs) and Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEAs)
• Develops test plans to verify safety requirements and validate fault handling capabilities
• Collaborates with subsystem engineers to flow safety requirements to suppliers and oversee compliance
• Evaluates supplier system safety reports, safety data packages, and hazards reports.
• Collaborates with NASA subject matter experts to ensure hazard analyses, safety requirements, and fault management strategy meet NASA contract requirements
• Prepares safety reports for NASA, including Integrated Hazard Reports, Non-Compliance Reports (NCRs), Verification Tracking reports and Operating and Support Hazard Analysis
• Leads Safety Reviews to describe and explain rigorous safety approach to the satisfaction of internal and external review boards
• Exhibits moral and interpersonal courage to speak up when safety deficiencies are identified
• Participates in (including making presentations as required) milestone reviews, safety reviews, technical interchange meetings, and readiness reviews to ensure compliance with safety requirements.
• Assists with the planning and execution for the phased safety reviews.
• Supports the Certification of Flight Readiness (CoFR) process.
• Attends GFE safety reviews and provide summary reports of concerns.
• Develops safety review training materials and checklists.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• 10+ years of experience have writing hazard reports
• 10+ years of experience presenting hazard reports to customer boards and/or review panels

 

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience):

• Experience developing cross functional processes, creating and managing engineering deliverables (i.e. Engineering / Manufacturing, Engineering / Supply Chain, Engineering / Program Management, Engineering / Quality, etc.)
• Experience working with Non-conformance (NCR) processes
• Experience interfacing with NASA safety boards and panels

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

 

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

 

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

 

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

 

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

 

Summary Pay Range: $141,100 - $190,900

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Export Control Requirement:

This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

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