NASA Space Exploration Sr. Report Author

Job Description

Description

SAIC offers exciting and challenging opportunities to support NASA’s present and future human spaceflight programs at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas under the Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering (SMAEC II) Contract.  This is an exciting time to be making history with the NASA SMA team assuring continuous human presence on the International Space Station and returning humans to the Moon and then to Mars safely. You will work in a collaborative environment comprised of NASA engineers, Mission Control personnel and astronauts. You will apply design and operations knowledge and expertise in various areas of SMA such as system safety, reliability, quality engineering and assurance, software, probabilistic risk assessment, and others.

The NASA EVA and HSM Program seeks to work with partners to advance the technologies associated with human mobility and lunar surface infrastructure in support of NASA's Artemis missions. This position offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to support NASA’s Gateway program. As the Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility (EHP) Integrated Hazard Analysis (IHA) author , you will apply your knowledge and expertise of EVA  safety requirements, processes, tools and products to develop mission level safety analyses of NASA human spaceflight missions.  You will be providing hazard analysis for the next generation spacesuit and spacewalk systems to explore the lunar surface on the Artemis mission, work outside the International Space Station and prepare for missions to Mars.

Specific tasks include:

• Support Systems Requirement Review, Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews of EHP systems hardware, provide engineering evaluations against design and safety requirements.
• Serve as the EVA Author for the Gateway Integrated Hazard Analysis Reports
• Primary SRQA representative for Integrated Hazard Analysis development
• Ensures accuracy of compiled analyses from various organizations including Program Integrated Hazard Causes
• Identify and resolve issues that impact the Integrated Hazard Causes
• Provide technical engineering support to NASA Gateway Program Representatives to decision-making boards and panels.
• Evaluate safety and mission assurance impacts of proposed engineering changes to EHP hardware and processes
• Assess Failure Modes and Effects Analyses and Critical Items for S&MA engineering for accuracy and completeness.
• Assess Gateway hardware Problem Reports to ensure that they capture safety and reliability issues.
• U.S. Citizenship Required

Qualifications

Qualifications - External Education and Experience: Bachelor of Science in Engineering (e.g., Mechanical, Aerospace) or STEM (e.g., Math, Physics)

• 15+ years of experience in operations and/or engineering.
• Basic knowledge and use of personal computer with typical business software. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills are mandatory.
• Must be able to travel (minimal) and work shifts periodically.
• Systems Engineering experience is desired. Spacecraft vehicle and system knowledge is desired.
• NASA S&MA experience is desirable.
• Infrequent travel may be required.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust.
• U.S. Citizenship Required

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

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