Senior System Safety Engineer – Aerospace & Defense

Cross Resource Group; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 154,980 - 181,498; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Weekly pay

Direct deposit

401(k) eligibility after 12 months

Job summary

Cross Resource Group seeks a Fellow-level System Safety Engineer to support a high-visibility aerospace and defense program in Tucson, AZ. You will identify, evaluate, mitigate, and communicate safety risks across the full lifecycle for complex mission-critical products.

The ideal candidate will be a senior system safety SME with deep MIL-STD-882E experience, prior ownership of safety programs, strong reviews, and the ability to brief senior stakeholders and cross-functional leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics.
• 20+ years of engineering experience.
• Deep system safety engineering experience.
• Experience managing a system safety program.
• Strong knowledge of MIL-STD-882E risk assessment concepts.
• Experience writing technical reports and executive-level presentations.
• Experience briefing safety status to safety approval authorities, technical review boards, and safety review boards.
• Active Secret clearance required before start.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to work onsite in Tucson, AZ.

Responsibilities

• Lead system safety engineering activities for an advanced aerospace and defense program.
• Apply rigorous system safety principles across the full product lifecycle.
• Lead MIL-STD-882E compliant system safety programs, including management, analysis, evaluation, and verification tasking.
• Identify hazards, assess risk, recommend mitigation strategies, and drive corrective actions through closure.
• Support safety review boards, engineering safety review boards, failure review boards, independent reviews, and non-advocate reviews.
• Brief safety status, risk posture, program concerns, and mitigation plans to senior and executive-level stakeholders.
• Lead and coordinate System Safety Working Groups with internal and customer representatives.
• Interpret system requirements, customer specifications, military standards, and safety approval expectations.
• Partner with Chief Engineers, Program Managers, IPT Leads, Systems Engineering, Software, Firmware, Electrical, Hardware, Test Engineering, Human Systems Integration, and EHS stakeholders.
• Analyze hardware, mechanical drawings, electrical drawings, schematics, fault tolerance, latent hazards, and safety requirement compliance.
• Support configuration control boards, engineering review boards, and design-change impact assessments.
• Establish ongoing feedback loops with functional and program leadership.
• Mentor junior system safety engineers and provide technical direction to supporting safety personnel.
• Escalate safety risks appropriately and follow through on corrective actions

Skills

System safety engineering

MIL-STD-882E knowledge

Executive-level briefings

Hazard analysis

Leadership

Onsite work in Tucson

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Job description

Cross Resource Group seeks a Fellow-level System Safety Engineer to support a high-visibility aerospace and defense program in Tucson, AZ. You will identify, evaluate, mitigate, and communicate safety risks across the full lifecycle for complex mission-critical products.

The ideal candidate will be a senior system safety SME with deep MIL-STD-882E experience, prior ownership of safety programs, strong reviews, and the ability to brief senior stakeholders and cross-functional leaders.