Space Systems Engineer, Flight Safety
Core
Produce Flight Safety Analysis and regulatory strategy for FAA Part 450 and Range Safety licensing, ensuring flight hardware verification and mathematically sound reentry methodologies.
Role type
Senior IC space systems engineer (flight safety & regulatory compliance)
Builds
Reentry capsules, C-PICA heat shields, satellite buses, and pharmaceutical processing payloads for Low Earth orbit missions
Domain
Aerospace / Space Infrastructure / Regulatory Compliance
Required skills
Failure mode trajectory modeling, debris field containment, FAA Part 450 regulatory strategy, Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), real-time on-console operations, vehicle-level deliverables to regulatory organizations
Preferred skills
Expected casualty modeling, trajectory dispersion, FCC Part 25 or Part 5 licensing navigation, safety critical mission operations in aviation or space
Technologies
Fault Tree Analysis, FAA Part 450, FCC Part 25, FCC Part 5
Responsibilities
Perform flight safety analyses focusing on failure mode trajectory modeling and debris field containment; Execute technical regulatory strategy, Methods of Compliance, and safety cases for FAA launch and reentry authorizations; Complete vehicle-level functional hazard analyses (FHA) and failure mode and effect analyses (FMEA); Act as the 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 for mission reentry licenses and authorizations