Senior Principal Systems Safety Engineer

Senior Principal Systems Safety Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Principal Systems Safety Engineer to join our team based out of San Diego, CA. As a Systems Safety Engineer, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise‑wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model‑based Engineering, Dev Sec Ops , and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.

Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.

What You’ll Get to Do

The responsibilities include management interfaces with air worthiness, reliability, logistics support, design engineering, quality assurance, test, and coordination with other safety programs and key participants in the company safety organization. The Safety Engineer will interface between system safety and other functional elements of the programs, as well as with other safety related disciplines (such as Environmental, occupational health, chemical, and biological) and will define the resources needed, to perform the system safety tasks required.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• As a Systems Safety Engineer, you will provide system safety subject matter expert advice on assigned programs.

• Perform, prepare and deliver System Safety Hazard Assessments (SSHA), Safety Assessment Report (SAR), Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP), Operating and Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA)

• Assist in the management of new hazards realized in operation, maintenance, or arising from changes in the configuration, role, and environment.

• Liaison with management and regulatory bodies, maintenance, engineering, and customer agencies ensuring all design activities are carried out within the system safety framework.

• Assist with the maintenance of System Safety Program Plans to ensure compliance with safety regulations.

• Perform technical airworthiness risk analysis/management.

• Participate in systems safety engineering reviews.

• Assist with the facilitation and organization of the System Safety Working Groups.

• Liaison with other safety engineers and programs to ensure best practice and shared knowledge.

• Provide advice to Engineers regarding their responsibilities in accordance with the System Safety Program.

• Make recommendations for endorsement of treatments which may be implemented to reduce the risk caused by hazards.

• Conduct independent system safety analysis as deemed necessary.

• Provide training on System Safety Engineering processes and methodologies.

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal System Safety Engineer

5 Years with a Bachelors in a STEM field; 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD.

• Knowledge of aircraft certification standards, MIL-STD-882, ARP
4761 or other System Safety standards.

• Working knowledge of System Safety tools and techniques including Fault Tree Analysis.

• Experience in leading and/or writing proposals Basis of Estimates (BOEs)

• Experience in completing detailed risk analysis.

• Ability to work across multiple disciplines.

An interim DoD secret clearance is required to start. The ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.

Basic Qualifications for Principal System Safety Engineer

• 8 Years with a Bachelors in a STEM field; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD.

• Knowledge of aircraft certification standards, MIL-STD-882, ARP
4761 or other System Safety standards.

• Working knowledge of System Safety tools and techniques including Fault Tree Analysis.

• Experience in leading and/or writing proposals Basis of Estimates (BOEs)

• Experience in completing detailed risk analysis.

• Ability to work across multiple disciplines.

An interim DoD secret clearance is required to start. The ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Safety, Reliability Engineering, and Air Worthiness.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

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