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Chief Safety Officer, Space Reactor Division
Headquarters, NASA · Posted 60 days ago
About the Role
The Chief Safety Officer (CSO) for the Space Reactors Division (SRD) serves as Office of Safety & Mission Assurance (OSMA) Technical Authority, responsible for independent evaluation of SMA requirements, standards, and high-risk issue resolution. The CSO represents the Agency Chief of OSMA, approves SRD SMA changes, advises on risk mitigation, evaluates SMA functions, and provides top-level safety, reliability, maintainability, and quality assurance guidance across all program phases.
What You'll Do
- →The Chief Safety Officer, Space Reactors Division: Serve as Level II technical authority representing OSMA at Space Reactors Division (SRD) boards, panels, and milestone reviews.
- →Review and disposition changes, waivers, deviations, and exceptions to OSMA SMA requirements.
- →Provide leadership on risk assessments, anomaly resolution, and acceptance of waivers/deviations.
- →Provide authoritative recommendations on SRD-unique SMA technical standards.
- →Formulate OSMA positions on significant and high-risk technical issues.
- →Lead independent multi-disciplinary risk-mitigation and issue-resolution activities.
- →Evaluate and assure technical integrity of SRD products, systems, and services from an SMA perspective.
- →Identify and assess programmatic and technical risks across development, operations, science, and utilization phases.
- →Advise SRD and OSMA on planning, performance, and aerospace engineering challenges with respect to SMA performance.
- →Lead independent trade studies and special assessments to identify architectural and operational risks.
- →Ensure a safe working environment with appropriate employee training and safety prioritization.
Requirements
- ✓This position has a positive education requirement.
- ✓To be eligible, you must clearly state in your resume the following: degree, major and/or minor, and college/university.
- ✓A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.
- ✓An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
- ✓A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major study in engineering, physical science, mathematics, life sciences, computer science, or other field of science.
- ✓SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs.
- ✓These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
- ✓For further information, click here.
Personality Fit
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