Safety Engineer

i3 is seeking a Safety Engineer to support the EUAS Product Office. This position will provide system safety, risk management, and technical engineering support for cutting-edge EUAS systems that enhance lethality, survivability, and situational awareness for Soldiers.

The Safety Engineer will support the planning, coordination, and execution of comprehensive system safety activities across EUAS. The candidate will support safety engineering efforts throughout the product life cycle, including prototyping, development, testing, qualification, production, fielding, product improvement, and sustainment.

This role includes performing risk management tasks, risk analyses, hazard identification and classification, hazard tracking, and evaluation of mitigation and corrective actions as part of the overall engineering and acquisition effort. The candidate will help ensure system safety is considered during all phases of Defense Acquisition and will support the successful delivery of high-reliability systems in a fast-paced, innovative product office environment.

The Safety Engineer will collaborate with project engineers, systems engineers, quality assurance personnel, government offices, contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders to support safe, effective, and efficient delivery of EUAS capabilities to the warfighter. The candidate will provide technical support and leadership on safety-related matters and will evaluate safety documentation, risk products, system safety analyses, and contractor safety processes for technical competence, completeness, and accuracy.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong engineering judgment, technical problem-solving ability, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams. The candidate should be able to assess complex systems involving EUAS Systems, develop safety recommendations, support acquisition planning, and prepare technical and programmatic documentation and briefings for leadership and stakeholders.

• Support system safety, risk management, and technical engineering activities within the EUAS Product Office.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute comprehensive system safety activities for EUAS products.
• Support safety engineering efforts for EUAS platforms across the full product life cycle.
• Perform risk management tasks, risk analyses, hazard identification and classification, and hazard tracking.
• Evaluate mitigation and corrective actions to determine their effectiveness in maintaining safe systems and platforms.
• Serve as a technical advisor on safety-related matters for EUAS systems.
• Ensure system safety is considered throughout prototyping, development, testing, qualification, production, fielding, product improvement, and sustainment activities.
• Support Defense Acquisition activities and provide safety input to program planning, technical reviews, and acquisition documentation.
• Support monitoring of cost, schedule, and performance for safety and technical activities within the product office.
• Coordinate with project engineers, systems engineers, quality assurance personnel, government offices, contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Evaluate contractor system safety products, plans, analyses, and processes for technical competence, completeness, and accuracy.
• Provide recommended changes to contractor documentation based on technical evaluations.
• Perform research, analysis, and staff coordination in support of risk documentation.
• Prepare, update, review, or assist with System Safety Risk Assessments, Risk Determinations, and related risk acceptance documentation.
• Prepare, update, review, or assist with hardware and software safety analyses.
• Support development and review of Functional…