Senior Systems Safety Engineer

Jobtailor; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a seasoned aircraft systems safety engineer in Phoenix to lead safety assessments across integrated avionics and cockpit architectures. You will perform FHA, FTA, FMEA, and ARP4761/ARP4754A analyses, translate hazards into system requirements, and drive safety traceability through DOORS.

Collaboration with flight controls, displays, and cert authorities is essential. This role demands 10+ years in safety and airworthiness, U.S.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in aircraft systems safety and airworthiness.
• Hands-on SAFETY assessments per SAE ARP4761/ARP4754A.
• Experience developing and maintaining FHA, Preliminary System Safety Assessments, Fault Tree Analyses, FMEAs, and Common Mode Analyses.
• Strong understanding of integrated avionics and real-time airborne systems.
• Experience translating aircraft-level hazards into system requirements and architectural decisions.
• Experience creating or reviewing system-level fault trees using CAFTA, RELEX, or comparable tool.
• Experience managing safety requirements and traceability using DOORS/DOORS Next Generation.
• Ability to review complex designs and communicate findings across teams.
• Experience supporting design reviews, certification activities, and discussions with authorities.
• U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident status.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain aircraft- and system-level safety assessments.
• Perform FHA, Preliminary SSA, Fault Tree Analyses, FMEAs, and Common Mode Analyses per ARP4761/ARP4754A.
• Create system-level fault trees using CAFTA, RELEX, or similar tool.
• Collaborate with flight controls, displays, navigation, and other engineering teams to evaluate interactions.
• Translate safety objectives into architectural decisions, requirements, and allocations.
• Maintain traceability between hazards, safety requirements, design decisions, and verification evidence.
• Review designs to confirm safety requirements and mitigations are implemented.
• Review OEM safety assessments, requirements, and certification documentation for completeness.
• Support design reviews, safety reviews, flight-test activities, and certification discussions.
• Provide aircraft systems safety expertise throughout development, integration, verification, and certification lifecycle.

Skills

Aircraft Systems Safety

Functional Hazard Assessment

Fault Tree Analysis

SAE ARP4761 Compliance

Integrated Avionics

Avionics Systems Engineering

Tools

CAFTA

RELEX

DOORS

DOORS Next Generation

Job description

• Develop and maintain aircraft- and system-level safety assessments for an integrated avionics and cockpit architecture.
• Perform Functional Hazard Assessments, Preliminary System Safety Assessments, Fault Tree Analyses, FMEAs, and Common Mode Analyses in accordance with SAE ARP4761 and ARP4754A.
• Create system-level fault trees using CAFTA, RELEX, or a comparable fault tree analysis tool.
• Work with flight controls, flight management, displays, navigation, guidance, communications, and other engineering teams to evaluate system interactions and hazard effects.
• Translate aircraft-level safety objectives into architectural decisions, system requirements, and hardware and software allocations.
• Perform FHA, FDAL, and IDAL analyses and maintain traceability between hazards, safety requirements, design decisions, and verification evidence.
• Review system, subsystem, hardware, and software designs to confirm that safety requirements and mitigations are properly implemented.
• Review OEM safety assessments, technical requirements, product-level analyses, and certification documentation for completeness and compliance.
• Support system design reviews, safety reviews, flight-test activities, customer meetings, and discussions with certification authorities.
• Provide aircraft systems safety expertise throughout the development, integration, verification, and certification lifecycle.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in aircraft systems safety, airworthiness, avionics systems engineering, or a closely related field.
• Hands-on experience performing commercial aircraft safety assessments in accordance with SAE ARP4761 and ARP4754A.
• Experience developing and maintaining aircraft- or system-level FHAs, Preliminary System Safety Assessments, Fault Tree Analyses, FMEAs, and Common Mode Analyses.
• Strong understanding of integrated avionics and real-time airborne systems, including the interaction of cockpit functions such as flight controls, flight management, displays, navigation, guidance, and communications.
• Experience translating aircraft-level hazards and safety objectives into system requirements, architectural decisions, and hardware and software allocations.
• Experience creating or reviewing system-level fault trees using CAFTA, RELEX, or a comparable fault tree analysis tool.
• Experience managing safety requirements, allocations, and traceability using DOORS, DOORS Next Generation, or a comparable requirements management tool.
• Ability to review complex system and subsystem designs, identify safety concerns, and communicate technical findings across engineering, program, customer, and certification teams.
• Experience supporting design reviews, certification activities, and technical discussions with aircraft manufacturers, customers, or certification authorities.
• U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident status.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive expertise in aircraft systems safety, including the ability to perform Functional Hazard Assessments, Fault Tree Analyses, and maintain safety requirements traceability. Proficient in translating safety objectives into system requirements and collaborating with engineering teams throughout the development and certification lifecycle.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Aircraft Systems Safety
• Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA)
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• SAE ARP4761 Compliance
• Requirements Management (DOORS)

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Fault Tree Analysis
• Functional Hazard Assessment
• Preliminary System Safety Assessment
• FMEA
• Common Mode Analysis
• Safety Requirements Traceability
• System Requirements Development
• Safety Assessment Review
• Avionics Systems Engineering
• Integrated Avionics

Soft Skills

• Technical Communication
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving

Industry Keywords

• Airworthiness
• Certification Documentation
• Safety Reviews
• Flight-Test Activities
• U.S. Citizenship

Tools & Technologies

• CAFTA
• RELEX
• DOORS
• DOORS Next Generation