Staff Safety Systems Engineer

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 144,900 - 265,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Palmdale, CA or Oklahoma City, OK seeks a Staff Safety Systems Engineer to identify hazards, develop safety requirements, and coordinate with IPTs across programs.

The role requires DoD clearance, MIL-STD-882/ARP-4754 safety experience, and strong system safety reporting skills. Travel ~10% and collaboration with diverse teams are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 14+ years of engineering experience (or higher degrees with corresponding years).
• Experience with MIL-STD-882 or ARP-4754 safety programs.
• Experience interfacing with a military customer or safety counterpart.
• Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance (recent background investigation).

Responsibilities

• Identify, classify, adjudicate, and manage hazards in a hazard tracking system.
• Coordinate cross-IPT activities to support hazard adjudication.
• Communicate safety risks to stakeholders.
• Prepare System Safety Reports for PDR and CDR.
• Flow down safety requirements to IPTs and deliver CDRL items.
• Mentor safety engineers across experience levels.

Skills

System safety

Hazard analysis

DoD clearance

MIL-STD-882

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Staff Safety Systems Engineer – Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems

Location: Palmdale, CA or Oklahoma City, OK. Travel: Yes, approximately 10% of the time. Clearance: Must hold an active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance (with background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation).

Responsibilities

• Identify, classify, adjudicate, and manage hazards in a closed-loop hazard tracking system.
• Coordinate cross-IPT activities to support hazard and safety requirement adjudication.
• Communicate safety risks to appropriate levels and stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of system design and functions.
• Prepare and present System Safety Reports, Preliminary Design Review (PDR), and Critical Design Review (CDR) packages documenting hazards and associated safety requirements.
• Flow down derived safety requirements to relevant IPTs and deliver CDRL items.
• Acquire design cognizance of aircraft and identify, classify, and document subsystem hazards and critical safety items (CSIs).
• Mentor safety engineers at various experience levels.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with a minimum of 14 years of engineering experience, ora Master’s Degree with 12 years of experience, or a PhD with 4 years of experience.
• Understanding and experience with a MIL-STD-882 or ARP-4754 safety program.
• Experience interfacing with a military customer or safety counterpart.
• Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance (or higher) with a recent background investigation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering or software safety.
• Active TOP SECRET or higher DoD Security Clearance.
• Participation in System Safety Working Groups (SSWGs) or similar interface meetings such as SSGs, WSESRB, SSSTRP.
• Knowledge of SAE ARP-4761, MIL-STD-882E, Joint Software System Safety Handbook (JSSSEH), DO-178B/C, MIL-HDBK-516C, DO-254, SAE ARP-4754A, and/or AOP-52.
• Experience conducting Preliminary Hazard List (PHL), Preliminary Hazard Assessment (PHA), Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA), System Hazard Analysis (SHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Probability of Loss of Aircraft (FOO), Operating & Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA), or the ARP-4754/4761 equivalents.

Salary: $144,900.00 – $265,600.00 (depending on scope, responsibilities, and candidate experience). Additional compensation may include overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, long-term incentives for senior executives, and comprehensive benefits such as health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, paid holidays, and paid time off.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a Veteran Friendly Employer. We celebrate diversity, and all qualified personnel receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or veteran status.