Mission Assurance Engineer

About the role

The Exploration Company is seeking a Mission Assurance Engineer to own the end‑to‑end safety and reliability strategy for its reusable orbital vehicle, Nyx. You will work closely with design, test and operations teams to ensure the spacecraft meets all safety requirements and is mission ready.

Key responsibilities

• Own the vehicle safety architecture and ensure compliance with internal and external safety standards (ISS, ESA, CNES).
• Assess pre‑flight risks, perform and review FMECA, FTA, PRA and RAM analyses.
• Define and validate fault management and FDIR (Fault Detection Isolation Recovery) architecture.
• Collaborate with avionics, software and operations teams to implement fault‑management strategies.
• Represent Mission Assurance during on‑console operations and drive in‑flight anomaly resolution.
• Report RAMS status, residual risk and flight readiness to program leadership.
• Lead corrective actions from anomalies, test failures and operational events back into design improvements.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in an engineering or science discipline.
• Proficiency with reliability analysis tools such as FMECA, FTA and reliability block diagrams.
• Strong understanding of fault tolerance, redundancy management and FDIR concepts.
• Technical knowledge of spacecraft systems (communications, orbital mechanics, avionics, propulsion, thermal control, life‑support).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage projects under aggressive deadlines and thrive under pressure.

Required skills

• FMECA
• FTA
• Reliability block diagrams
• Fault detection isolation recovery (FDIR)
• Fault tolerance
• Redundancy management
• Spacecraft communications
• Orbital mechanics
• Avionics
• Propulsion
• Thermal control
• Life support systems
• Watchdog strategies
• Fault response sequences