Aerospace Engineer, AST, Safety and Mission Assurance

In addition to the Basic Education Requirement (in the Education section below), to qualify for this position you must meet the requirements below. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. NASA utilizes OPM-approved qualification and rating requirements specific for Aerospace Technology (AST) positions which recognizes NASA’s unique aerospace work. The specific qualifications and minimum education requirements are further described below and within the education section of the job announcement. To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Executing Safety and Mission Assurance activities and evaluating the reliability of programs for human space flight; Developing fault trees and event trees using SAPHIRE computer code, receiving models from others and integrating them into an overall mission model, to ensure mission timelines are properly accounted for, and troubleshooting issues; Coordinating and communicating technically complex ideas to internal and external stakeholders to obtain the information necessary to model aborts which are timeline/vehicle dependent and require the integration of multiple PRA models; and Utilizing risk management, acceptance, and mitigation strategies in the assessment or review of an aerospace system/subsystem, and presenting results and recommendations to senior leaders. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA’s guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.
As the Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Model Integration Lead for Artemis missions, you will be responsible for coordinating and integrating all vehicle program PRAs applicable to each mission in SAPHIRE, all associated analyses (e.g. human reliability, software risk, and external events risks), overseeing the development of all abort models, generating the desired output / results, and documenting all work performed in these duties for each mission report and presentation.