Test System Safety Engineer

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people worldwide. Join us as a Test System Safety Engineer on the JETS II contract team at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, and help envision, shape, and deliver systems that enable space exploration while benefiting people on Earth.

Responsibilities

• Perform trade‑off studies, analysis, and systems interfacing, as well as performance and coordination of analyses, testing, and verification efforts.
• Analyze engineering concepts from requirements, mission needs, and/or system improvement needs.
• Actively contribute to the Amentum safety culture of Beyond Zero and foster a strong environment of teamwork across all sections of the Facility and Test Department, as well as Amentum and NASA customers.
• Review facility systems and associated support equipment, functional specifications, and operations, and establish risk levels and safety requirements for assigned tests and facilities.
• Independently analyze and recommend safety criteria surrounding test hardware, system design, equipment, and procedures to control or eliminate hazards.
• Concurrently perform system safety engineering for multiple programs and projects, participate in project reviews, and ensure system safety tasks and responsibilities are identified and on schedule.
• Create hazard analyses of facility hardware used in support of flight hardware testing using analytical techniques including Hazard Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis.
• Develop hazard controls and verifications based on hazards identified.
• Research, develop, and present completed analyses to facility managers and the Test Readiness Review Board.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 2–5 years of experience in the field or a related area.
• Experience performing hazard analyses and safety compliance in accordance with JPR 1700.1, “JSC Safety and Health Handbook.”
• Excellent communication skills and a team‑oriented approach.
• Strong problem‑solving capability and mentoring skills.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to pass a comprehensive security background investigation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering degree with extensive documented experience in a NASA or other space‑related environment.
• Working knowledge of NASA and industry safety codes, standards, and processes and their application in a facility test system environment.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Positive work‑life balance.
• 100 % employer‑paid insurance including medical, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment, short‑term disability, and long‑term disability.
• 11 paid holidays annually.
• Generous PTO.
• 401(k) after 12 months of service with employer match.
• Education assistance.
• Relocation assistance (if applicable).