Senior System Safety Engineer – DoD Weapon Systems

Astrion; Eglin Air Force Base (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion is seeking a Senior System Safety Engineer to support the Agile Weapons Division at Eglin AFB, FL, with responsibilities spanning the full lifecycle from requirements through fielding. You will apply MIL-STD-882 and related DoD safety processes to develop, analyze, and sustain safety artifacts across acquisition programs.

The role requires collaboration across engineering teams, participation in reviews and test readiness activities, and interpretation of safety requirements to ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline from an ABET accredited university and 5 years of relevant technical experience; OR Master's Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and 3 years of relevant technical experience.

Responsibilities

• Support engineering activities across all acquisition phases; including requirements development, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification/validation (V&V), transition planning, and configuration, interface, and risk management.
• Lead system safety program activities including hazard identification, system safety analyses, design trade‑off evaluations, configuration control for safety‑significant changes, participation in test/flight readiness events, and interpretation of safety standards and requirements.
• Apply deep knowledge of MIL‑STD‑882, MIL‑STD‑1316, DoD munitions safety processes (NNMSB, WSESRB), AFI 63‑104, and safety‑related acquisition documentation (SEPs, SSAs, PESHEs, LCSPs); manage system safety artifacts and ensure disciplined, organized safety program execution.
• Assist with and maintain required engineering documentation; support and execute technical reviews, audits, and interchange meetings (CDR, MRA, TIMs), including development of technical artifacts, entry/exit criteria, and written reporting for systems reviews.
• Review armament program portfolios, assess alternative technical approaches, evaluate designs and test results, manage and sustain technical baselines, and support or perform system‑level testing to ensure subsystem and system performance meets approved specifications.
• Prepare technical reports, presentations, validation criteria, and procedures; analyze engineering results for major weapon systems; and support acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, deployment/fielding, installation, and operational oversight activities.
• Conduct engineering and programmatic trade studies addressing performance, producibility, reliability, maintainability, lifecycle cost, schedule, and risk; support IPTs through technical analyses, documentation, studies, evaluations, and recommendations.
• Support proposal and requirements analyses by reviewing ICDs, CDDs, CPDs, AoAs, MUAs, CONOPS, Technology Development Strategies, and FCAs/PCAs; provide technical assessments of feasibility, compatibility, and cost‑effectiveness.

Skills

System safety analyses

Hazard identification

Technical reporting

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in STEM from ABET accredited university

Master's Degree in STEM from accredited university

Job description

Astrion is seeking a Senior System Safety Engineer to support the Agile Weapons Division at Eglin AFB, FL, with responsibilities spanning the full lifecycle from requirements through fielding. You will apply MIL-STD-882 and related DoD safety processes to develop, analyze, and sustain safety artifacts across acquisition programs.

The role requires collaboration across engineering teams, participation in reviews and test readiness activities, and interpretation of safety requirements to ensure