USAJOBS · 1 month ago
Safety Engineer, SLD 45/SEAT
Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$94K/yr - $146K/yrThe United States Space Force (USSF) is seeking a Safety Engineer to support SLD 45/SEAT. The engineer will serve as the Range Safety point of contact for assigned programs and coordinate all Range Safety support activities, ensuring systems safety design principles are applied to protect public safety and launch area safety.
ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Serves as the Range Safety point of contact for assigned programs/functions including, but not limited to: launch vehicles, FTS, payloads, ground support equipment and related facilities
The engineer coordinates all Range Safety support activities
Such activities include but are not limited to: safety technical interchange meetings, formal Program Introduction, program requirement documents, statement of capability, hardware reviews, procedure reviews, anomaly/incident resolution, and launch area hazard discussions, and FAA/AST interaction
As a systems safety engineering expert, the engineer will be assigned as the Program Lead systems Safety Engineer responsible for overall Systems Safety for assigned programs
The engineer may be assigned as a functional lead cross-programs for such functions as payloads, facilities and Flight termination systems (FTS)
The engineer coordinates all range Safety support for assigned programs as necessary
In particular, the engineer must recognize when it is necessary to make use of SE equivalent engineering experts, within assigned programs
The engineer maintains an area of specific and high level engineering expertise with unique applications to launch vehicle, payload, ground support equipment, and related facilities such as, but not limited to: Range safety systems such as flight termination systems, range tracking systems, or telemetry data transmissions; material handling equipment such as cranes or launch vehicle stands; high pressure systems including composite overwrapped pressure vessels; nondestructive examination techniques; welding techniques; explosives/pyrotechnic systems; ionizing and non-ionizing radiation sources and controls; propulsion systems, power systems; diffusion modeling for toxic propellants, explosive overpressure modeling, launch pad and facility design and siting and lightning protection
The engineer provides unique expertise to all other programs as necessary
The engineer serves as a technical expert on the limitations of proven concepts and practices of safety engineering (and in one or more particular areas of engineering expertise) as they apply to the design, testing and operations of assigned programs
The engineer tailors the (applicable) SPFCMAN 91-710 (was AFSPCMAN or EWR 127-1) Range Safety Requirements and related standards for new and/or modified programs
The engineer must also evaluate all potential program non-compliances to determine if deviations or waivers are allowable, and under what limitations they are allowable
If non-compliances involve public safety, the engineer must justify their existence to and get approval signature from the Delta Commander
If non-compliances involve launch site or launch complex safety, then the engineer must justify their existence to and get approval and required signature
The engineer reviews, critiques, and must ultimately approve the design of all new assigned programs to ensure systems safety design principles have been incorporated in order to protect public safety, launch area safety and launch complex safety
The engineer reviews, critiques and must eventually approve all hazardous and safety critical testing, pre-launch operations and launch operations of all new assigned programs to ensure systems safety design and operations principles have been incorporated in order to provide public safety, launch area safety and launch complex safety
Provides launch operations support as the SEA Console Operator at the MOC or Range User respective LLCC for assigned programs
The engineer provides operations support to other safety representatives as necessary, like the Pad Safety representative in the Launch EOC
Qualification
Required
Must be a U.S Citizen
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
Must exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology and administrative processes
Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise
Employee may be required to work extended or other than normal duty hours to include evenings and weekends and may be subject to recall
The employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position
Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed 'Unscheduled Telework'
Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year
PCS / Incentives are authorized
A Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering field or related science is required
Benefits
Relocation expenses reimbursed: Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Telework eligible: Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
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