Systems Safety Engineer (NASA)

Job Expired

Full Remote

$70-130k

Full Time

a year ago

Job description

Do you want to help a small company make a BIG difference in space? Do you take ownership of your job and responsibility for your actions? Then come work for Red Canyon and help us continue our mission of helping humankind reach the stars!

Red Canyon Software is looking for an experienced system safety engineer with previous NASA program experience to assist the NASA Safety Center Assessments and Investigations office! The team member will support general assessment program, including developing and maintaining the AIO assessment process and implementation of the process for specific assessments as directed by the Government. You will be responsible for working with other contractors and NASA civil servants to develop an assessment process that assesses NASA Centers, Programs, and projects. You will conduct assessments using various methods including analysis of large sets of data and disparate data. You will need to communicate the results of assessments to a variety of levels of leadership across NASA.

Location: Remotely within the continental US

Contract duration: through 12/31/2024 with likely extension

Travel: yes, limited - to NASA Centers

Required:

BS in Engineering or other technical degree and 6 years of experience in NASA Program/project system safety or reliability.
Working knowledge and application of NASA SMA requirements across the Program/project life cycle.
Desire and willingness to help support and influence a customer organization that undergoes constant change.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and lead teams in assessment activities.
Ability to analyze large sets of data, make determinations based on that analysis, and concisely communicate the results to senior leadership.
Ability to identify key technical risk areas and translate the risk areas into program impacts.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to present results to senior leadership.
Ability to work independently and lead detail-oriented tasks.

Desired:

Experience across the NASA Program/project life cycle.
Experience in the use of Microsoft Power Tools and SharePoint.
Experience as a technical writer.

All offers will be based on experience

Red Canyon Engineering and Software: “Exploring Other Planets, Improving our Own”

Red Canyon contracts with NASA, NOAA, NREL, JPL, and DOD, in addition to customers such as Lockheed Martin Space, Raytheon, Sierra Nevada Corporation, a.i. solutions, Walt Disney Imagineering, SAIC, Ball Aerospace, SpaceX, Honeywell, KBRwyle, Maxar, Blue Origin, and Moog. We specialize in building spacecraft, developing renewable energy technologies to help make our planet a better world and cutting edge research and development. Our disciplines include systems engineering, mechanical design, structural analysis, real time flight and ground software, simulation software, user interface software, and mission management software. We help our contractors with the full life cycle of product development from requirements to test and delivery.

Some of the programs we have previously or currently worked on include: Human Lander System, Artemis I-II, WorldView Legion V, Perseverance, InSight Dream Chaser, Psyche, Mars 98, Odyssey 01, Stardust, Genesis and Deep Impact, Mars Phoenix, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Orion, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, GOES-R, OSIRIS-REx, Maven, JUNO, Grail, and the MarsFlight and LunarSIM Simulation. We also work on classified programs.

Red Canyon’s home office is located in scenic Denver, Colorado, and our regional office is in historic downtown Titusville, Florida. We are a small company that maintains a flat organization to decrease our overhead and costs to our customers. Our number one focus is to solve some of the most complicated engineering problems humankind is facing.

We have a fun and talented team of engineers and we are committed to our engineers continued success and development. Included in our employment package are immediate HUBZone bonus, health benefits, profit sharing, referral bonuses, and a generous 401(K) retirement plan.

Red Canyon Software, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Red Canyon Software, Inc does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.