Senior Systems Safety Engineer Jobs

Position Summary

Odyssey has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Safety Engineer at Eglin AFB . You'll be the safety maestro behind some of the Air Force's most advanced weapon systems-leading tough hazard analyses, steering risk-reduction decisions, and ensuring mission-ready performance from concept to sustainment. You're the go-to expert leadership depends on when the stakes are high and the safety standards are even higher.

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Lead System Safety Program activities providing senior technical guidance on hazard analysis, risk assessment, and system safety requirements.
• Oversee the development, review, and validation of system safety artifacts (e.g., SSHA, SAR, O&SHA, hazard logs, risk-tracking documentation).
• Perform high-complexity evaluations of OEM safety assessments, identifying analytical errors, validating probability models, and ensuring risks are accurately characterized-mirroring demonstrated duties such as detecting flawed OEM Risk Reduction Safety Assessments and correcting probability-based risk rankings.
• Deliver senior-level recommendations that support Air Force operational approvals, safety-policy decisions, and risk-acceptance processes.
• Provide expert safety oversight for developmental and operational test events, ensuring ground tests, flight tests, interoperability tests, and reliability tests incorporate correct safety constraints and mitigations.
• Review T&E plans, procedures, and results for safety impacts and ensure alignment with program safety objectives and Air Force standards.
• Fulfill PWS-directed security requirements, including classified-material handling, SCI product management, and vault-access operations-as reflected in documented system-safety roles.
• Maintain strict compliance with PWS security and information-protection requirements (classified product tracking, SCI event support, and secure-facility procedures).
• Advise program leadership on safety risks and requirements across technology maturation, design reviews, test readiness, fielding decisions, sustainment activities, and configuration changes.
• Represent the program office in high-visibility technical reviews, safety boards, and briefings to senior stakeholders.
• Partner with engineering, T&E organizations, configuration management, OEM partners, logistics, cybersecurity, reliability engineering, and operational units to ensure safety considerations are embedded throughout the acquisition process.
• Guide and mentor junior engineers in system-safety methodology, Air Force policy, and acquisition best practices.

• Ability to define, plan, implement, and manage comprehensive system safety programs.
• Expertise in system safety engineering methods for electronic, electro-mechanical, and mechanical armament systems.
• Knowledge of guidance and control systems, weapons fuzing, suspension and release equipment, and associated test equipment.
  Strong understanding of design requirements, hazard identification, and system safety implications.
• Ability to interpret technical requirements, specifications, and standards related to system safety, testing, operations, and logistics.
• Experience supporting test, flight, and operational readiness activities.
• Proficiency conducting or reviewing system safety analyses and supporting design trade-off decisions.
• Ability to monitor and evaluate safety-critical configuration changes.
• In-depth knowledge of DoD munitions safety regulations and approval processes (e.g., USAF Nonnuclear Munitions Safety Board, USN Weapon Systems Explosive Safety Review Board).
• Familiarity with applicable standards such as MIL-STD-1316.
• Knowledge of AFI 63-104 Aircraft Stores Compatibility Certification requirements.
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