General Engineer, AST, Facility Systems Safety

Job Title

The role involves identifying and providing guidance toward controlling safety hazards in aerospace or aeronautical engineering, scientific research, developmental facilities, and facility operations.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include:

• Identifying and providing guidance toward controlling safety hazards in aerospace or aeronautical engineering, scientific research, developmental facilities, and facility operations.
• Acting as the System Safety Subject Matter Expert, providing overarching system safety philosophy, plans, coordination, evaluation, and monitoring related to engine test campaigns, facilities, systems, equipment, and operations.
• Evaluating safety techniques and procedures associated with the design, development, construction, modification, and/or operation of aerospace or aeronautical facilities, systems, and related equipment.
• Developing, implementing, and evaluating engineering safety policies, standards, and directives.
• Conducting systems safety trade studies and providing safety analysis reporting, which captures risk being assumed for program management and/or senior leadership approval.
• Providing systems safety analysis during program operations, evaluating incidents and mishap investigation results, and recommending systems safety adjustments in research and development activities.
• Interfacing with Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate engineering professionals at the project working level and with the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate Chief Safety Officer on matters related to overarching system safety efforts.
• Evaluating hazards (using various techniques and tools), performing fault-tree analysis, sneak circuit analysis, and failure mode and effects analyses, and participating in mishap investigations as deemed necessary.