DAWSON is a Native Hawaiian Organization 8(a) small business that brings the Spirit of Aloha to our employees. As part of the DAWSON 'Ohana', you will be provided a best-in-class benefits program that strives to ensure our great people have peace of mind when it comes to health and wellness. For more information about DAWSON and our benefits programs, please visit www.dawson8a.com SUMMARY This position provides a science savvy, engineer type individual capable of providing a high level of augmentation to the Space Safety activities in Air Force Safety Center, Space Safety Division in Albuquerque, New Mexico beginning on or about August 1, 2018. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES General Duties Include, but are not limited to: - Interface as necessary with DoD, Civil, Commercial, Academic, and International partners, to fulfill meeting assigned objectives and travel as necessary. - Compliance with the responsibilities, philosophy, and duties associated with the AF Safety Management System. - Generating innovative approaches to efficiently and effectively accomplish contract tasks, functions, and requirements for Space Safety. - Maintaining compliance with DoD and AF guidance to accomplish the required mission. Specific Tasks providing sustainment support for Mission Assurance and the Innovation and Development Branch include, but are not limited to: • Assist with Space Safety evaluations, inspections, and staff assistance visits (SAV) on Major Commands, or lower level, Space Safety offices. • Provide inputs to the Safety Report seven days after the out brief is completed for a Space Safety evaluation, inspection, or SAV. • Conduct DoD, SAF, and HAF policy review and guidance interpretation for feedback to other Government offices. • Provide recommendations on writing Space focused policy, combining System Safety and Mission Assurance. • Provide recommendations on Emerging Space Technology policy for Government review and approval. • Continuous Improvement for Program Office Support • Review and evaluate Hazard Assessments for accuracy, robustness, and proper hazard evaluation from various program offices. • Participate in System Safety Group meetings, providing feedback to the Government on various System Program Offices’ (SPO) Space System Safety efforts, approximately eight per year. • Provide engineering support to mishap investigations, analyzing technical data and providing feedback to the Safety Investigation Board for determining what happened during a mishap. • Provide engineering evaluation of Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles, reviewing and providing feedback on Space program acquisition life-cycle documentation, such as the System Engineering Plan or the Programmatic Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Evaluation, provided by SPOs during the system acquisition process • Provide evaluations on Space System industrial processes, including system designs, reviewing and providing feedback on Space System acquisition life-cycle documentation provided by SPOs during the system acquisition process. This excludes contractor proprietary information. • Provide evaluations on Space System fielding processes, reviewing and providing feedback on Space System acquisition life-cycle documentation provided by SPOs during the system acquisition process. This excludes contractor proprietary information. • Assist with developing Space-related System Safety courseware. • Provide recommended updates to the Government for inclusion in the Space-related sections of the AF System Safety Handbook. • Asist in managing the Space Safety mishaps in AFSAS and periodically review AFSAS for follow-up on open items • Provide inputs to the “USAF Fiscal Year Annual Space Safety Report” • Review product improvement suggestions for AFSAS and provide inputs to the Government for implementing both short term and long-term solutions. • Assist the Government with developing Air Force level programs and policies to support Space Mishap Investigations. • Provide with recommended updates to AFMAN91-222, AFI91-206, AFI91-110, AFI91-217, and other instructions and manuals depending upon publication cycles for incorporation. • Assist with coordinating, setting up, and executing the Space Safety Council (SSC). • Prepare the Memorandum of Final Evaluation (MOFE) following a Class A mishap for AF/SE review and approval in accordance with AFI 91-204, Chapter 7. • Cultivate and provide the Government recommendations to implement innovative technology designed to reduce risk to Space Operations. • Write one Space-specific articles every quarter for posting on the AFSEC homepage. • Support the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) abstract and paper review and submission process, providing peer-review inputs on submissions. • Provide two each abstracts and papers for submission to IAASS. • Perform a “Spacecraft Lifecycle Safety Study”. • Analyze collision avoidance (COLA) data to determine the most populated orbital debris areas. • The contractor shall research and gather information on small satellites capabilities, safety measures, and lessons learned. |
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