Director, Office of Safety & Mission Assurance

Who Can Apply

The Director, Office of Safety & Mission Assurance:

• Develops and implements the capability to independently analyze and assess the safety, reliability, maintainability, and quality aspects of the design, development, test, manufacturing, and operational phases of aerospace programs. Establishes policy, requirements, and criteria pertaining to these functions, and for ensuring SSC organizational and contractor compliance with the Center's Quality Management System.
• Implements Agency S&MA policies and practices for programs and projects at SSC. This includes monitoring support contractor S&MA efforts.
• Serves as technical expert, policy advisor, and consultant to the Center Director and senior staff on S&MA matters. Advises the Center Director and senior Agency management regarding the overall status of S&MA issues.
• Continually participates with Program Managers, Project Managers, and other managers of functional directorates in the development of policies, procedures, plans, and requirements for S&MA activities.
• Develops plans, schedules, and procedures to implement the S&MA functions for the Program and Projects Offices, other Center organizations, and support contractor organizations.
• Establishes requirements and criteria in procurement documents, and evaluates resulting proposals relative to the design, manufacturing, qualifications and testing of aerospace spacecraft, systems, subsystems, experiments, and related support equipment.
• Provides support for program milestone reviews and provides an assessment report to the Flight Readiness Review Board.
• Serves as the approval authority for the Center Director on requests for waivers to Center Safety policies and regulations; and acts for the program offices when authorized as approval authority for waivers to quality and reliability requirements.
• Monitors spaceflight mission in real time to assist in the analysis of flight anomalies and corrective measures and participates in postflight analysis and test activities.
• Monitors critical and hazardous testing and provides for safety hazards recognition and safety training.
• Works with and supports responsible SSC directorates in environmental health, radiation safety, and range safety to ensure an integrated safety program for the Center, its employees, and tenants.
• Ensures a safe working environment for all employees, ensures employees are provided adequate training and instructions on safety issues, and ensures that safety is a top priority in facility management and operations.
• Engages with on-site tenants and partners, as required, in alignment with agreements and responsibilities, to ensure appropriate compliance and alignment with all applicable safety policies and requlations.

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.

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 is required.

An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

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.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

All qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

We will review your resume to ensure you meet the qualification requirements. If you meet the basic qualification requirements, your application will be referred to and evaluated by an executive panel. Highly Qualified applicants may undergo one or more interviews and/or be asked to provide a list of references or additional documents to confirm eligibility.

Upon selection, if the selectee does not have Qualifications Review Board (QRB) certification by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), he/she must undergo an ECQ based structured interview with OPM before appointment to this position.

Required Documents