System Safety Assessment Expert - Aircraft Manufacturing

Syber Jet is an up-and-coming aircraft manufacturer dedicated to pushing the boundaries of innovation and precision in the design and manufacturing of advanced aerospace systems and aircraft. Our team is committed to excellence, creativity, and continuous improvement in all aspects of our work.

Syber Jet Aircraft is seeking a System Safety Assessment (SSA) Expert with deep expertise in system safety, reliability, and FAA certification. The candidate will serve as the in-house Subject Matter Expert (SME) for safety assessments, guiding the development of safety-related documentation and certification activities across aircraft, systems, and components.

This role blends technical safety leadership, certification coordination, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering teams, suppliers, DERs, and the FAA. It is ideally suited for an engineer with direct experience applying ARP
4754B, ARP
4761A, and 14 CFR Part 23/25 regulations, who can understand complex aircraft systems and failure modes and translate them into actionable safety requirements and compliance artifacts.

• Develop and maintain safety and reliability documentation for aircraft and aircraft systems in compliance with regulatory and industry standards.
• Analyze system and component failure modes, assessing their effects on aircraft operation, performance, and occupant safety.
• Perform system safety assessments and contribute to certification deliverables in alignment with SAE ARP
  4761 and ARP
  4754A processes.
• Serve as in-house SME for all aspects of the system safety assessment process.
• Lead the creation, review, approval, and FAA coordination of safety documents including FHA, PSSA, SSA, FTA, CCA, PRA, ZSA, CMA/FMEA/FMECA, and supporting compliance documentation.
• Revise existing safety assessments to support design modifications.
• Participate in developing and reviewing functional architecture, ensuring proper functional decomposition, independence, and traceability to safety requirements for the aircraft, systems, and equipment.
• Ensure safety objectives are incorporated into the aircraft and the associated Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA).

• Develop and maintain the System Safety Plan and support the creation of PSCPs.
• Define and track Development Assurance Levels (DALs) for software and hardware; ensure compliance through redundancy, separation, and independence in design.
• Track and validate safety assumptions and results to ensure traceability and compliance.
• Act as primary liaison with FAA, DERs, and certification authorities on safety-related activities.

• Align system design and architecture with safety and reliability targets, ensuring objectives are met via redundancy, separation, and independence.
• Apply reliability prediction methods and tools, such as MIL-HDBK-217, NPRD, and other applicable standards/databases to support safety and reliability objectives.
• Ensure early identification and mitigation of system architecture issues and latent failure risks.

• Manage and track safety documentation deliverables using Teamcenter, Jira, and Confluence.
• Leverage MBSE tools and methodologies, including Siemens Polarion, ANSYS Medini, and ANSYS SCADE, to document and approve safety requirements.
• Support design teams in capturing and tracing safety requirements and compliance analyses.

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams on safety assessment methodologies, processes, and best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and suppliers to align safety objectives with system design.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of company safety assessment processes, tools, and methods.
• Support project teams in developing schedules and milestones related to safety deliverables.

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Aerospace, Systems Engineering, or related technical field. Experience will be considered in lieu of education.

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in aerospace system safety assessment for Part 23…