Principal System Safety Engineer

Principal System Safety Engineer

Location: Woburn, MA (also Tewksbury, Marlborough, Andover, MA or Portsmouth, RI).
Onsite
. Requires U.S. citizenship and an active Secret security clearance.

Company: Raytheon Technologies (RTX), a leading aerospace and defense company.

• Develop and implement MIL‑STD‑882E compliant system safety programs, including management, analysis, evaluation, and verification tasks.
• Interpret system requirements, customer specifications, and military standards to recommend compliance strategies to program leadership.
• Create and manage safety strategies, integrate tasks into the Program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), and ensure compliance with contract and funding requirements.
• Oversee safety budgets and execution, including Earned‑Value Management (EVM) and coordination with CAMs, IPTLs, and product owners.
• Provide mentorship to early‑career safety engineers.
• Engage in design change boards (e.g., engineering review boards, configuration control boards) to assess impacts on safety programs.
• Coordinate and lead System Safety Working Groups with internal and external stakeholders, including government customers.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional engineering teams to identify and mitigate risks, ensure hazard elimination, and implement effective controls.
• Conduct safety analyses of engineering designs, hardware, mechanical/electrical drawings, schematics, and system requirements to ensure fault tolerance and safety compliance.
• Manage safety considerations across all lifecycle phases, including design, integration/testing, flight test, production, field operations, returns, demilitarization, and disposal.
• Innovate and implement improved safety solutions and best practices to enhance the organization’s safety culture.

• STEM degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Experience developing and implementing MIL‑STD‑882E System Safety Program tasks and analyses.
• Experience writing technical reports and presentations.
• Experience briefing safety status to safety approval authorities at technical reviews and safety review boards.
• Experience managing or owning a safety program.

• Active or transferable DoD security clearance.
• Experience with task series 100, 200, 300, and 400 of MIL‑STD‑882E.
• Experience briefing at the military safety review board.
• Experience with system and software safety implementation in Agile development.
• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and proposal development.
• Experience interfacing with Human Systems Integration and MIL‑STD‑1472.
• Experience with Engineering Change Proposals, Review Boards, and Working Groups.

• Salary range: $107,500 – $204,500 USD.
• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability.
• 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, and employee assistance program.
• Paid time off, holidays, parental leave.
• Annual incentive compensation and opportunity to earn additional rewards for performance.
• Relocation eligible.

This role is a U.S.

-based position. The application window closes approximately 40 days after posting.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. RTX provides affirmative action for qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in accordance with Section
503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.