Senior Aerospace Safety Engineer — Lead Flight Safety

Boeing; Tukwila (WA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Employee benefits

Job summary

The Boeing Company in Tukwila, WA is hiring a Senior Aerospace Systems Safety Engineer to lead safety analyses and mission assurance across programs. The role interfaces with engineering, management, and customers to ensure airworthiness and safety standards are met.

Candidates should have a strong background in system safety, hazard analysis, and cross‑disciplinary collaboration, with many years of experience in aerospace engineering and regulatory practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related field.
• Level 4: 9+ years of related work experience or equivalent.
• 5+ years in systems, mechanical, electrical, or software engineering.
• 5+ years working across organizations to coordinate and complete projects.

Responsibilities

• Oversees system research to identify potential or investigate flight anomalies and safety concerns.
• Leads identification of safety and mission assurance issue root causes and recommends corrective actions.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to define and integrate safety, mission success and airworthiness requirements.
• Leads testing, analyses, inspections, audits, and simulations to verify safety and mission assurance compliance.
• Develops safety plan strategies and coordinates safety corrective actions with programs.
• Demonstrates safety hazard risk mitigations to customers and regulators.
• Ensures mission success through execution of Mission Assurance activities throughout the program lifecycle.

Skills

Hazard analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Verbal & written communication

System safety engineering

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

ARP 4761

ARP 4754

FAR Part 25.1309

Job description

The Boeing Company in Tukwila, WA is hiring a Senior Aerospace Systems Safety Engineer to lead safety analyses and mission assurance across programs. The role interfaces with engineering, management, and customers to ensure airworthiness and safety standards are met.

Candidates should have a strong background in system safety, hazard analysis, and cross‑disciplinary collaboration, with many years of experience in aerospace engineering and regulatory practices.