101795 System Safety Engineer

System Safety Engineer

Job Title:

System Safety Engineer

Location:

Fairfax, VA - Remote;
Candidate must live in the U.S. and be ok with travel to Fairfax, VA HQ or even customer/partner sites in Australia, Canada, or Spain (travel would be once a quarter or so, nothing more).

Clearance Required:

None

US Citizenship

Required:

YES

Job Type: Full-Time | Onsite with Hybrid Flexibility

We are seeking a skilled System Safety Engineer to support the safety analysis and documentation of a large, complex, safety-critical system. The ideal candidate will have experience applying industry safety standards and methodologies such as SAE ARP
4754A and ARP
4761, and will play a key role in assessing, documenting, and ensuring the safety compliance of hardware and software components.

Responsibilities include:

• Apply relevant safety standards to systems development and safety assessments.
• Perform traceability and validation of system safety requirements across software and hardware elements.
• Develop and maintain key safety documentation including:
  System Safety Program Plans (SSPP) Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA) Preliminary/System Safety Assessments (PSSA/SSA)
• Conduct analytical activities such as:
  Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Common Cause Analysis (CCA)
• Support Safety Risk Management (SRM) by identifying hazards, assessing risk, and tracking mitigations.
• Collaborate with systems and design engineers, and present findings in safety working groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in system safety engineering within aerospace, automotive, or related industries.
• Direct experience with SAE ARP
  4754A and ARP
  4761 safety processes.
• Familiarity with systems engineering and software development life cycles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's or PhD in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience with avionics, GNSS systems (e.g., GPS, Galileo), or navigation technologies.
• Familiarity with RTCA DO-278A, DO-254, or Reliability, Availability, Maintainability (RAM) tools.
• 2+ years in systems or software engineering roles.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Flexible hybrid work environment (Fairfax, VA).
• Paid time off (vacation, sick leave, federal holidays).
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• 401(k) with company matching.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• Work on high-impact, safety-critical systems in aerospace and defense.