Reliability Engineer (E3)

CYFOR has a rewarding position as an Engineer (Level 3) supporting the NASA Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering Contract (SMAEC III) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.  This position supports a commercial company’s engineering and program leadership, NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) Safety & Mission Assurance (SMA) Directorate, the Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program (EHP), and various ISS, and Lunar program office stakeholders. The ideal candidate is expected to become fully knowledgeable of system requirements, functional architectures, mission profiles, and operational scenarios for a commercial company-managed spaceflight systems and EVA-related hardware.

Job Responsibilities: 

Reliability Support:

• Perform reliability engineering assessments across system lifecycles, including requirements evaluation, design maturity reviews, operational concepts, early safety and reliability products, and reliability certification of commercial hardware and mission-support systems.
• Developing and assuring reliability and risk analyses (such as FMEAs, fault trees, and reliability models), performing hazard/risk assessments, and presenting reliability positions at program boards, technical reviews, and SMA panels.  
• Frequent communication with the commercial company’s leadership, NASA stakeholders, and multidisciplinary engineering teams. Reliability Engineers will function as integral members of the commercial company’s systems engineering, safety, and mission assurance communities.

Qualifications:

• Reliability Engineers are required to complete an internal training and certification program, and once certified, may mentor new team members or cross-disciplinary personnel.    
• Cross-training opportunities may be available depending on program needs, schedule, and funding. 
• Example secondary specialty areas include EVA systems, environmental control and life support, and critical hardware safety.

Required Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical or Aerospace preferred), or a STEM discipline such as physics or mathematics.

Required Experience/Skills:

• 8–10 years of relevant engineering experience. Experience in creating reliability or safety artifacts such as FMEAs, hazard analyses, and fault trees.   
• Familiarity with NASA, DoD, or related aerospace safety, reliability, and quality standards. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong interpersonal collaboration skills. Self-directed, motivated work style.
• Experience supporting real-time operations, ground testing, or crew/flight system training. Ability to learn SMA and engineering processes for certification of EVA or spaceflight hardware.
• Aid in developing/maturing Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (FMEA) and Critical Items Lists (CILs) to ensure that systems and products perform consistently and without failure over their intended lifespan.
• Analyze performance data, develop/support reliability tests, and implement improvements to enhance system durability and efficiency. Experience with EVA or EMU hardware and operations, or reliability/safety support for complex space systems. 
• Working knowledge of ISS systems, EVA tools, airlock/EMU interfaces, and related operational concepts. Background in spacesuit development, critical space hardware design, or development of operations products (procedures, flight rules, certification packages).
• Experience supporting NASA human spaceflight programs. Ability to perform independent technical research and data gathering. 
• Experience with environmental control and life support systems, thermal control, structural or mechanical systems. 
• Familiarity with human factors considerations for crewed hardware design.
• Experience supporting real-time EVA or spacecraft operations in a control-room environment. 
• Willingness to travel domestically (less than 10%).

Salary: Salary at CYFOR Technologies is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected annual compensation range for this position is $82,000 to $90,000 annually. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of CYFOR’s total compensation package for employees.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.