Range Safety/System Safety Engineer

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Requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, or systems engineering or a related technical field.
• Eight or more years related experience
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles, concepts and practices
• Ability to team and communicate with a broad range of customers, colleagues, contractors, and senior government leadership
• Ability to communicate effectively and develop relationships with customers, Aerospace, and contractor personnel.
• Discern hazardous/emergency conditions in the workplace, individually put on emergency life-saving equipment and exit safely from a hazardous and or elevated work environment at the launch site or similar work areas
• Willing to travel domestically approximately 30 percent.
• This position requires the ability to have and maintain a current and active TS/SSBI and be able to obtain a Special Access Program security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government.
• U.S. citizenship is required to obtain these security clearances

Responsibilities:

• Provide system safety expertise, guidance, and recommendations to the Sentinel program on contractor AFSCMAN 91-710, RCC 319, and RCC 324 deliverables from weapon design through flight testing
• Witness, analyze, and assess the Sentinel weapons systems trailblazers, flight tests, and flight test worthiness activities, and flight test data results.
• Support and provide systems engineering guidance at Sentinel design reviews and technical interchange meetings at Hill Air Force Base and subcontractors' facilities
• Responsible for performing system engineering and launch verification activities at VSFB in support of National Security Space Launch (NSSL) programs for the Space Systems Command (SSC).
• Perform technical assessments of launch vehicle ground infrastructure systems upgrades, operations, and maintenance activities
• Participate and provide objective readiness assessments of launch vehicle ground systems in support of launch vehicle testing and day of launch activities
• Provide systems engineering and mission assurance support, such as supporting risk management and reliability processes and assessments.