Principal System Safety Engineer

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Raytheon’s System Safety / Human System Integration (HSI) Department ensures product safety by identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing solutions to protect people, hardware, and the environment. Leveraging rigorous engineering principles, the team integrates safety into every phase of the system lifecycle, enhancing reliability and safeguarding our warfighters.

As a Principal System Safety Engineer, you will be accountable for the establishment and execution of the major safety programs. The Safety Lead is a technical expert in missile safety as well as a project manager who establishes and monitors safety program execution, leads program safety teams, and interfaces with program & functional leadership.

Location:

Aurora, CO.

• System Safety Program Development and Implementation:
  Develop and implement MIL-STD-882E compliant system safety programs, including management, analysis, evaluation, and verification tasks.
• Interpret system requirements, customer specifications, and military standards to recommend compliance strategies to program leadership.
• Project and Program Management Integration:
  Create and manage safety strategies, integrate tasks into the Program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), and ensure compliance with contract and funding requirements.
• Oversee safety budgets and execution, including Earned Value Management (EVM) and coordination with CAMs, IPTLs, and product owners.
• Provide mentorship to early-career safety engineers.
• Risk Management and Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Proactively engage in design change boards (e.g., engineering review boards, configuration control boards) to assess impacts on safety programs.
• Coordinate and lead System Safety Working Groups with internal and external stakeholders, including government customers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to identify and mitigate risks, ensure hazard elimination, and implement effective controls.
• Technical Analysis and Evaluation:
  Conduct safety analyses of engineering designs, hardware, mechanical/electrical drawings, schematics, and system requirements to ensure fault tolerance and safety compliance.
• Address safety-related interactions with suppliers and subcontractors.
• Lifecycle Safety Oversight:
  Manage safety considerations across all lifecycle phases, including design, integration/testing, flight test, production, field operations, returns, demilitarization, and disposal.
• Safety Culture and Continuous Improvement:
  Innovate and implement improved safety solutions and identify best practices to enhance the organization’s overall safety culture.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience developing and implementing MIL-STD-882E System Safety Program tasks and analyses.
• Experience writing technical reports and presentations.
• Experience with briefing…