Principal Systems Safety Engineer & MBSE Lead

Ltaresearch

Sunnyvale (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Company-paid life, AD&D, disability
PTO + 10 paid holidays
401(k) matching
Monthly wellness stipend
Monthly cell phone stipend
Education stipend

Job summary

LTA Research & Exploration seeks a Senior Principal Systems Safety Engineer to serve as a technical authority within Systems Engineering. You will own the system-level safety, verification, and certification strategy for complex vehicle programs and lead cross‑functional teams toward single architectures.

As a seasoned leader, you will mentor engineers, drive MBSE approaches with Cameo/MagicDraw, and coordinate audits with FAA/EASA.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of systems engineering experience in aerospace.
  • Direct experience taking systems through ARP4754A/ARP4761 lifecycle.
  • Strong MBSE and model-based development experience.

Responsibilities

  • Innovate system-safety approaches for high-stakes integration and certification.
  • Conduct and own System Safety Assessments and related analyses.
  • Architect and validate new system-of-systems architectures for programs.
  • Lead verification and certification activities per DO-178C/DO-254/MIL-STD-882 as applicable.
  • Mentor and develop senior engineers and lead cross-functional teams.

Skills

System Safety
SSA
FHA/PSSA
FMEA/FMECA
FTA
MBSE
Cameo/MagicDraw
SysML
DOORS/Jama
Leadership
Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems/Aerospace
Master's degree
PhD

Tools

Cameo/MagicDraw
MATLAB
Python

Job description

LTA Research & Exploration seeks a Senior Principal Systems Safety Engineer to serve as a technical authority within Systems Engineering. You will own the system-level safety, verification, and certification strategy for complex vehicle programs and lead cross‑functional teams toward single architectures.

As a seasoned leader, you will mentor engineers, drive MBSE approaches with Cameo/MagicDraw, and coordinate audits with FAA/EASA.

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