Senior System Safety Engineer — Lead Safety Architecture

System Safety; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in the United States is seeking a Senior System Safety Engineer to shape strategy across major products and drive safety excellence from concept through customer delivery.

You will apply advanced System Safety tools to lead complex analyses, develop safety requirements, and collaborate with design, manufacturing, and deployment teams to ensure mission-critical safety across multi-system architectures.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience as a System Safety Engineer or equivalent
• B.S. degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
• Experience with MIL-STD-882E and other relevant safety standards
• Experience with safety analyses including FTA, FHA, SCFTA, and FMECA
• Ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. security clearance

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement System Safety program plans aligned with MIL-STD-882E
• Conduct and review complex safety analyses (FTA, FHA, SCFTA, FMECA) at system and sub-system level
• Develop safety requirements and collaborate with design teams to implement safety solutions across multi-system architectures
• Identify hazards and risks, manage hazard tracking databases, and ensure risk mitigation
• Support Design Requirements Process as SME to ensure safety best practices
• Support development milestone reviews (PDR, CDR, QDR) representing System Safety
• Lead and triage all Safety corrective actions from RCCA investigations and Mishap Reports
• Host corrective action reviews to ensure lessons learned are implemented
• Develop, draft, and implement System Safety processes and reports to improve design, manufacturing, and deployment
• Verify and validate risk and hazard reduction measures
• Liaise with customers, regulatory bodies, and internal stakeholders on safety matters
• Drive continuous improvement in System Safety processes and methodologies
• Ensure compliance with military/industry safety standards

Skills

System Safety

Safety Analysis

Requirements Decomposition

Cross-functional Collaboration

Communication Skills

Security Clearance

Education

B.S. Engineering (Mechanical/Aerospace/Systems)

M.S. Engineering (Mechanical/Aerospace/Systems)

Tools

Relyence

Teamcenter

JIRA

JAMA

Cameo

Ansys

Job description

Anduril Industries in the United States is seeking a Senior System Safety Engineer to shape strategy across major products and drive safety excellence from concept through customer delivery.

You will apply advanced System Safety tools to lead complex analyses, develop safety requirements, and collaborate with design, manufacturing, and deployment teams to ensure mission-critical safety across multi-system architectures.