Systems Safety Engineer ; Level 4
Listed on 2026-02-16
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Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Systems Engineer, Safety Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
Description
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We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.
Lockheed Martin Space has an immediate opportunity for a System Safety Engineer at our Denver, CO facility. If you have an interest in working for a company that develops national defense systems, come and be a part of our System Safety Team. At Lockheed Martin Space, we are driven by innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and forward thinking, everything is within our reach – and yours -- as a Lockheed Martin employee.
Lockheed Martin values your System Safety skills, training, and education.
Come and experience your future!
As a CPS System Safety Engineer, you will serve as a senior CPS Program System Safety Engineering subject matter expert, focusing on safety requirements and safety hazard analysis.
You will use your system safety experience to evaluate hardware and software ensuring mission success. As a SSE, your responsibilities will also include but not limited to the following tasks:
- Develop and/or update Preliminary Hazard List (PHL), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Functional Hazard Analyses (FHAs), System Hazard Analyses (SHA), and Safety Assessment Reports (SAR)
- Prepare presentations and participate in Design Reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, Technical Interchange Meetings, and various working groups and safety review meetings
- Support the development and updating of System Safety documents to support Customer, Range Safety, and contractual requirements
- Review and provide input to test procedures for adherence to System Safety requirements
- Coordinate with test range safety teams and writing range safety reports to support testing
- Assist in the development and maintenance of a Hazard Tracking System (HTS) used to document real and potential hazards and their mitigation strategy for the program.
- This position will help support some IRAD/Capture Activities
- This position has potential need to support various software safety activities.
- Be a vocal safety leader and provide feedback and status to customers/program on safety status.
- Demonstrated experience with system safety or hazard analysis in accordance with regulatory standards (such as MIL-STD-882E, etc.)
- Experience collaborating with various engineering disciplines to ensure designs/tests comply with requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance, thus US citizenship is required.
- Experience reviewing and providing feedback from the lens of safety into design artifacts, requirement specifications, or test procedures, ensuring they adhere to program safety requirements.
- Subject matter expert in the System Safety discipline.
- Any Software Safety/Level of Rigor
- Experience working in System Safety Working Groups – SSWG, WSESRB, SSSTRP, etc.
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills (demonstrated).
- Ability to interface with Customer and Program Management.
- Experience building and communicating a safety case for re‑design/risk acceptance.
- Requirements Management and Development Experience, to include DOORS or other requirements management tool
- Range Safety/On‑Site safety activities
- Active Secret Clearance.
This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.
Clearance LevelSecret
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