Safety Systems Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Staff Safety Systems Engineer to support the B-2 program in either Palmdale, CA or Oklahoma City, OK. The role involves developing and delivering System Safety products using MIL-STD-882 as guidance, and ensuring safety requirements are integrated throughout the program.

• Identification, classification, adjudication, and management of hazards in a closed-loop tracking system
• Cross-IPT coordination to support hazard and safety requirement adjudication
• Communication of safety risk to the appropriate levels
• Being cognizant of the system design and functions
• Preparing and presenting SRR, PDR, and CDR packages to document hazards and associated safety requirements
• Flow down of derived safety requirements to the appropriate IPTs
• CDRL delivery
• Acquiring design cognizance of the aircraft
• Identification, classification, and documentation of Subsystem Hazards and Critical Safety Items (CSIs)
• Mentoring various experience levels of safety engineers

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and a minimum of 14 years of Engineering experience
• OR at least 12 years with a Master’s Degree
• OR at least 4 years with a PhD
• Understanding of and experience with a MIL-STD-882 or ARP
  4754 safety program
• Experience with interfacing to a military customer or safety counterpart
• Must have an active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)

• Experience in Software Engineering or Software Safety
• Active TOP SECRET or higher DoD Security Clearance
• Participation in System Safety Working Groups (SSWGs) or similar interface meetings (e.g., SSGs, WSESRB, SSSTRP)
• Knowledge and experience with SAE ARP
  4761, MIL-STD-882E, Joint Software System Safety Handbook (JSSSEH), DO-178B/C, MIL-HDBK-516C, DO-254, SAE ARP
  4754A, and/or AOP-52
• Experience conducting a Preliminary Hazard List (PHL), Preliminary Hazard Assessment (PHA), Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA), System Hazard Analysis (SHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Probability of Loss of Aircraft (rollup FTA) analysis, Operating & Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA), or the ARP
  4754/4761 equivalents

Primary Level Salary Range: $ - $. Additional compensation may include overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and eligibility for Long Term Incentives depending on level. Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company paid holidays, and paid time off.

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U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.