Senior Principal Aerospace Systems Safety Engineer

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Rancho Bernardo, CA, seeks a Senior Principal Systems Safety Engineer to apply systems and safety engineering across the lifecycle, identify hazards, and validate safety requirements against design and test data.

You will collaborate with systems, software, hardware, and test teams to ensure safety is integrated into design decisions and verification plans. A Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 8+ years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM field with 6+ years, OR a PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Active US Government Secret clearance or higher (or in Continuous Evaluation).
• Experience in systems engineering and/or systems safety engineering on complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform system safety engineering activities across the lifecycle, including hazard identification, analysis, tracking, and mitigation.
• Develop and maintain system and subsystem safety requirements, and ensure they are properly allocated, implemented, and verified.
• Conduct safety analyses such as PHA, FHA, SSA, FMEA/FMECA, and FTA, as applicable.
• Plan and execute safety validation activities, including defining safety acceptance criteria and identifying supporting data.
• Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, integration/test, and reliability teams to ensure safety considerations are incorporated into design decisions.
• Support preparation of safety documentation and artifacts for reviews and deliverables.
• Present safety findings, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders and support resolution of safety issues.

Skills

Systems engineering

Safety engineering

Hazard analysis

FMEA/FMECA

FTA

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors in STEM

Masters in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

DOORS/DOORS Next

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Rancho Bernardo, CA, seeks a Senior Principal Systems Safety Engineer to apply systems and safety engineering across the lifecycle, identify hazards, and validate safety requirements against design and test data.

You will collaborate with systems, software, hardware, and test teams to ensure safety is integrated into design decisions and verification plans. A Secret clearance is required.