Senior Systems Safety Engineer – Aerospace (10% Travel)

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 142,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Company-paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Level 3/4 Systems Safety Engineer in Rancho Bernardo, CA to apply systems and safety engineering to identify and mitigate hazards across the lifecycle. You will plan and execute safety analyses and validate requirements against design and test evidence.

Responsibilities include PHA/FHA/SSA, FMEA/FMECA, FTA, and development of safety requirements while coordinating with systems, software, hardware, and test teams to ensure safety is integrated into

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or Master's with 3+ years, or PhD with 1+ year.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance within a reasonable time.
• Experience in systems engineering and/or systems safety engineering on complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform system safety activities across the lifecycle, including hazard identification, analysis, tracking, and mitigation.
• Develop and maintain system and subsystem safety requirements, and ensure allocation, implementation, and verification.
• Conduct safety analyses such as PHA, FHA, SSA, FMEA/FMECA, and FTA.
• Plan and execute safety validation activities and define acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, integration/test, and reliability teams on safety decisions.

Skills

Systems engineering

System safety engineering

Hazard analysis

FMEA/FMECA

FTA

Communication skills

Documentation

Team collaboration

MIL-STD-882 familiarity

DOORS/DOORS Next

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

DOORS/DOORS Next

Hazard tracking tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Level 3/4 Systems Safety Engineer in Rancho Bernardo, CA to apply systems and safety engineering to identify and mitigate hazards across the lifecycle. You will plan and execute safety analyses and validate requirements against design and test evidence.

Responsibilities include PHA/FHA/SSA, FMEA/FMECA, FTA, and development of safety requirements while coordinating with systems, software, hardware, and test teams to ensure safety is integrated into