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USSF - Space Systems Command

System Safety Engineer, SLD 30

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System Safety Engineer, SLD 30 Department of the Air Force Space Systems Command United Stes Spade Force / Space Systems Command / Space Launch Delta 30 Summary Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here . For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on . Learn more about this agency Summary Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here . For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on . Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Vandenberg AFB, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $104,349
  • $161,313 per year Pay scale & grade NH 3 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0803 Safety Engineering Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
SF-FY26-6S-NH-0803-3-SPLASH
Control number 883490100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Videos Duties Help The United Stes Space Force (USSF) Vandenberg SFB, CA is searching for a System Safety Engineer for SLD 30 (NH-0803-03, GS 12/13 equivalent).
Description:
Lead the charge in safeguarding mission-critical space launch systems. We are seeking a dynamic System Safety Engineer to drive safety-critical requirements across Government and Commercial space lift missions, applying rigorous SSCMAN 91-710 and
MIL-STD-882E
standards. In this high-impact role, you will lead comprehensive hazard analyses, author safety-derived requirements for hardware and software, actively manage mission risk profiles, and deliver key technical briefings directly to Space Force Leadership and joint industry working groups. If you thrive on solving complex engineering challenges, championing mission safety from design through launch, and collaboring with top-tier defense and aerospace partners, join our team and secure the future of space operions.
Ideal Candide:
Implemention of
SSCMAN 91-710
Range Safety Requirements and
MIL-STD-882E
System Safety principles. Planning, defining, and verifying system safety requirements and system safety hazard analysis artifacts to ensure design integrity and safety. Verifying the necessary hazard analyses to identify potentially hazardous conditions and recommend actions th would contribute to minimizing or precluding hazards. Providing validion/verificion of requirements and providing feedback to the programs and customers. Analyze technical da with interpretion for applicion to safety assessments. Identify safety tasks needed during requirements, design, implemention, and verificion phases of safety critical item development for both hardware and software. Author, review and monitor Safety Derived Requirements. Participe in the risk & change management processes for Government and Commercial space lift missions. Document risks and risk mitigion plans and track risk changes over time. Communice regularly/comprehensively to Space Force Leadership. Travel, as needed, to support mission requirements. Representing clients with military/industry system safety working groups and launch vehicle and space craft system working groups. Reviewing client and supplier submitted documents reled to system safety engineering
SSCMAN 91-710.
Providing guidance to engineering teams and suppliers reled to system safety engineering. Working semi-autonomously, with the support of the functional SME, to review and develop Safety artifacts. Support/lead large, complex safety engineering efforts which contribute to overarching customer systems engineering efforts.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
System safety engineering experience in the aerospace or defense industry. Experience with
SSCMAN 91-710
Range Safety Requirements and
MIL-STD-882E
System Safety programs & risk assessment processes. Experience executing safety analysis techniques such as Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), System Hazard Analysis (SHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA), and Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Opering & Support Hazard Analysis and operional procedure evaluion. Experience genering safety documents such as System Safety Program Plans (SSPP) and Safety Assessment Reports (SAR). Strong communicion skills and ability to communice effectively with varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns. Excellent tention to detail. Ability to work on their own initiive and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals and to quickly adapt to changing priorities.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with both commercial and military space lift programs. Familiarity with the Joint Services System Safety Engineering Handbook and the Joint Services
  • Software Safety Authorities, Software System Safety Implemention guide.
Experience with and technical competency with one of the following: solid and liquid propellants, pressure vessels, COPVs, lightning protection, ordnance, inhibit stregies and launch processing. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S Citizen. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified informion in accordance with regulions to reduce potential compromise. A professional engineering degree the bachelor's level from an ABET accredited institution, or in a closely reled technical field as desired by the hiring organizion, is required. Must exhibit a high degree of judgment, resourcefulness, originality, and the ability to foresee and adapt to the impact of changing technology and administrive processes. Eligible for situional telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework". Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximely 15 days per year. May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments. May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis. PCS / relocion incentive is not authorized. This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applicions, whichever comes first. Qualificions The 0803 series has an individual occupional requirement th must be met and can be viewed here . In addition to the above requirements you can view the experience level requirements here . Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions. Additional informion Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more informion. Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability ring of 30% or more. For more informion, click here . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as reled to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualificions determinions assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualificions Standards found here :
Interviews:
You contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your applicion is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your applicion for the position. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents
Required Documents Help Resume:
You must submit a resume th may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy.
Your resume must provide:
Personal informion
  • your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Educion informion
  • the name of the school and the des you tended Work experience
  • paid and unpaid work with the following informion: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending des (If actual des are not known, provide your best-estimed timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualificions
  • skills, certificions/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-reled training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Educion section of this announcement for detailed informion about transcripts.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here .
PLEASE NOTE
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Agency contact informion US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management HQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil Address USSF
  • Space Systems Command 1670 Space Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on .
Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request
Required Documents Help Resume:
You must submit a resume th may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy.
Your resume must provide:
Personal informion
  • your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Educion informion
  • the name of the school and the des you tended Work experience
  • paid and unpaid work with the following informion: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending des (If actual des are not known, provide your best-estimed timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualificions
  • skills, certificions/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-reled training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Educion section of this announcement for detailed informion about transcripts.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here .
PLEASE NOTE
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management HQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil Address USSF
  • Space Systems Command 1670 Space Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on .
Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Vandenberg AFB, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $104,349
  • $161,313 per year Pay scale & grade NH 3 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
SF-FY26-6S-NH-0803-3-SPLASH
Control number 883490100