Spacecraft Systems Engineer, Flight Safety
Core
Produce Flight Safety Analysis and regulatory strategy for FAA Part 450 and Range Safety licensing to ensure flight hardware verification and mathematically sound reentry methodologies.
Role type
Systems Engineer (Flight Safety Analyst & Reentry Compliance)
Builds
W-Series vehicles (reentry capsules, satellite buses, pharmaceutical processing payloads)
Domain
Aerospace / Space Infrastructure / Regulatory Compliance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Failure mode trajectory modeling, debris field containment, FAA Part 450 regulatory strategy, Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), risk management tools (Fault Tree Analysis), interdisciplinary system integration
Preferred skills
Expected casualty modeling, trajectory dispersion, FCC Part 25/5 licensing navigation, safety critical mission operations
Technologies
FMEA, FHA, Fault Tree Analysis
Responsibilities
Perform flight safety analyses for each mission, Execute technical regulatory strategy and safety cases, Complete vehicle-level functional hazard analyses and failure mode and effect analyses, Act as Flight Safety responsible engineer during mission rehearsals and live recovery operations, Establish technical safety limits and mission rules for real-time on-console operations, Responsible for vehicle-level deliverables to regulatory organizations
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC