Senior Systems Engineer, Flight Safety
Core
Primary architect for mission safety and reentry compliance, leading Flight Safety Analysis and regulatory strategy for FAA Part 450 and Range Safety licensing.
Role type
Senior Systems Engineer (Flight Safety)
Builds
Flight hardware verification artifacts and reentry methodologies for Varda's W-Series vehicles
Domain
Aerospace / Space Infrastructure / Regulatory Compliance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
FAA Part 450 regulatory strategy, functional hazard analysis (FHA), failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), expected casualty modeling, trajectory dispersion, debris risk analysis, risk management methodologies, interdisciplinary system integration
Preferred skills
Safety critical mission operations in aviation or space, FCC Part 25 or Part 5 licensing navigation, lean quality approach
Technologies
Fault Tree Analysis, Expected Casualty Models, Trajectory Dispersion Models
Responsibilities
Own technical regulatory strategy and safety cases for FAA launch and reentry authorizations; Lead vehicle-level functional hazard analyses (FHA) and failure mode and effect analyses (FMEA); Maintain Expected Casualty and debris risk models; Establish technical safety limits and mission rules for real-time on-console operations; Act as Flight Safety responsible engineer during mission rehearsals and live recovery operations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
