Payload System Safety Engineer
Required skills
- Payload Safety
- Payload Safety Hazard Reports
- Safety Review Panels
- mitigation strategies
- engineering drawings
- electrical schematics
- mechanical systems
- electrical systems
- structural systems
- technical presentations
Nice to have
- Systems Engineering
- payload development
- multi-discipline configurations
- NASA Safety Requirements
- eHMST
- IHS
Role summary
Voyager Technologies is seeking a Payload System Safety Engineer in Houston, Texas. This hybrid role involves coordinating with payload developers to ensure safety compliance, developing and closing hazard reports, and conducting safety reviews. The engineer will analyze payload data, investigate system designs (electrical, mechanical, thermal), and prepare technical presentations. A Bachelor's degree in engineering or science and 1-4 years of direct payload safety experience are required, with knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and structural systems, and the ability to interpret engineering drawings and schematics. Preferred qualifications include broad engineering experience and knowledge of NASA safety requirements.
Voyager is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.
Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies
The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.
You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality.
If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person, forge the future with Voyager.
The Payload Safety Engineer for Voyager Space and Lunar is responsible for coordinating with Payload Developers for safety-related issues and processes, enduring that safety processes are completed for flight and payload safety hazard report closure.
The position reports to the Safety Manager and is part of the Operations based in Houston, Texas. This role is hybrid based in Houston, Texas.
In this role, the essential functions are:
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Preferred Qualifications:
The good faith base salary range for this role is $90,000 - $105,000 at the time of this posting. Where you fall within the range depends on your experience, skills, and location.This range reflects base salary only and does not include benefits or bonus/incentive. This range may be adjusted in the future.Voyager offers a highly competitive total compensation package designed to support the well-being, growth, and success of our employees. Employees benefit from a flexible and comprehensive rewards program that supports both professional and personal well-being.
Voyager is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Parts 120–130) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730–774), applicants for this position must be a U.S. Person: a US Citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3). Applicants must be eligible to obtain any required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran
The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.
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