Principal System Safety Engineer

RTX; South Dakota; On-site; USD 108,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Eligible

Job summary

RTX seeks a Principal System Safety Engineer to lead MIL-STD-882E compliant safety programs across the system lifecycle. You will interpret requirements, manage safety tasks, and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure hazard elimination and compliance.

You will oversee budgets, perform EVM coordination, and mentor early-career engineers while interfacing with program leadership and government customers. This is a U.S.-based, on-site role in Aurora, CO.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior 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 or safety boards.
• Experience managing or owning a safety program.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement MIL-STD-882E system safety programs, including management, analysis, evaluation, and verification tasks.
• Interpret system requirements, customer specifications, and military standards to recommend compliance strategies.
• Create and manage safety strategies, integrate tasks into the IMS, and ensure contract and funding compliance.
• Oversee safety budgets and execution, including Earned Value Management and coordination with CAMs, IPTLs, and product owners.
• Provide mentorship to early-career safety engineers.
• Engage in design change boards to assess safety impacts.
• Coordinate and lead System Safety Working Groups with internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to identify and mitigate risks.
• Conduct safety analyses of designs, drawings, and system requirements for fault tolerance.
• Manage safety considerations across all lifecycle phases from design to disposal.
• Innovate and implement improved safety solutions to enhance safety culture.

Skills

MIL-STD-882E proficiency

Safety program management

Technical report writing

Stakeholder collaboration

Mentorship / coaching

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Program scheduling tools (IMS)

Job description

At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Raytheon’s System Safety / Human System Integration (HSI) Department ensures product safety by identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing solutions to protect people, hardware, and the environment. Leveraging rigorous engineering principles, the team integrates safety into every phase of the system lifecycle, enhancing reliability and safeguarding our warfighters.

As a Principal System Safety Engineer, you will be accountable for the establishment and execution of the major safety programs. The Safety Lead is a technical expert in missile safety as well as a project manager who establishes and monitors safety program execution, leads safety teams, and interfaces with program and functional leadership. Location: Aurora, CO.

What You Will Do:

System Safety Program Development and Implementation

• 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

Project and Program Management Integration

• 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

Risk Management and Stakeholder Collaboration

• Proactively 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

Technical Analysis and Evaluation

• Conduct safety analyses of engineering designs, hardware, mechanical/electrical drawings, schematics, and system requirements to ensure fault tolerance and safety compliance
• Address safety-related interactions with suppliers and subcontractors

Lifecycle Safety Oversight

• Manage safety considerations across all lifecycle phases, including design, integration/testing, flight test, production, field operations, returns, demilitarization, and disposal

Safety Culture and Continuous Improvement

• Innovate and implement improved safety solutions and identify best practices to enhance the organization’s overall safety culture

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience developing and implementing MIL-STD-882E System Safety Program tasks and analyses
• Experience writing technical reports and presentations
• Experiencewith briefing safetystatusto safety approval authorityat technical reviews, to safety review boardsand/orto othersas part of the safety approvalprocess
• Experience managing or owning a safety program

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Program tasks and analyses, involving management (task series 100), analysis (task series 200), evaluation (task series 300), and verification (task series 400). This includes hardware and software safety related tasks.
• Experience with briefing at the military safety review board
• Experience with system and software safety implementation in Agile Development environment
• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and Proposal Development
• Experience interfacing with Human Systems Integration showcasing execution of Human Factors Engineering tasking involving MIL-STD-1472
• Experience with Engineering Change Proposals, Engineering Review Boards, System Safety Working Groups

What We Offer:

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• Relocation Eligible

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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