System Safety Engineer 3

Legion Technical Solutions LLC; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Relocation bonus

Vision insurance

Job summary

Legion Technical Solutions LLC in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Senior Systems Safety Engineer to support a premier defense customer on 100% onsite work. You will lead MIL-STD-882E system safety programs, perform hazard analyses, and help ensure safety requirements meet stringent military standards throughout the lifecycle.

You will collaborate across Systems, Hardware, Software, Test and Program Management with government safety authorities to obtain and maintain required clearances, ensuring hazards

Qualifications

• We’re looking for hands-on experience in system safety engineering and MIL-STD-882E compliance.
• Experience conducting system and subsystem hazard analyses per MIL-STD-882
• Ability to identify hazards, perform risk assessment, mitigation and tracking
• Knowledge of safety requirements and verification processes
• Familiarity with Safety Review Boards or government safety approvals
• Experience working in aerospace/defense/missile or mission-critical systems
• Demonstrated experience collaborating across multidisciplinary IPTs

Responsibilities

• Lead and support MIL-STD-882E compliant System Safety Programs
• Perform system safety, hazard, and design analyses per MIL-STD-882E or equivalents
• Identify system hazards and work with engineering teams to mitigate or control hazards
• Collaborate across Systems, Hardware, Software, Test, Reliability, and PM
• Interpret requirements, specs, and military standards
• Prepare safety analyses, documentation, and customer-facing reports
• Present safety findings during reviews and safety approval activities
• Work with customer safety representatives and government authorities to obtain safety approvals
• Support programs lifecycle from development to disposal

Skills

System Safety Engineering

MIL-STD-882E

Hazard analysis

Risk assessment

Safety requirements

Safety verification

IPTs collaboration

Systems engineering (aerospace/defense

Job description

Benefits:

• 401(k)


• Dental insurance


• Health insurance


• Paid time off


• Relocation bonus


• Vision insurance

Senior Systems Safety Engineer – Defense Systems

Location: Tucson, AZ | 100% Onsite

Ability to Obtain a U.S. Security Clearance Required

Legion Technical Solutions (LTS) is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Safety Engineer to support a premier aerospace and defense customer in Tucson, Arizona.

This is an opportunity to work on sophisticated defense systems where *system safety is integral to the engineering process—not an afterthought. You’ll work alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams to identify hazards, influence system design, mitigate risk, and help ensure complex products meet rigorous military safety requirements throughout their lifecycle.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and support **MIL-STD-882E compliant System Safety Programs


• Perform system safety, hazard, and design analyses in accordance with MIL-STD-882E or approved customer equivalents


• Identify system hazards and work with engineering teams to eliminate hazards or develop effective controls and mitigations


• Collaborate across Systems, Hardware, Software, Test, Reliability, Program Management, and other engineering disciplines


• Interpret system requirements, customer specifications, and military standards


• Prepare technical analyses, safety documentation, and customer-facing reports


• Present system safety findings during technical reviews and safety approval activities


• Work directly with customer safety representatives and government approval authorities to obtain required safety approvals


• Support programs throughout the lifecycle—from development and qualification through production, sustainment, demilitarization, and disposal

What We’re Looking For

We’re particularly interested in engineers with hands-on experience in:

• System Safety Engineering


• MIL-STD-882E / MIL-STD-882


• System and subsystem hazard analysis


• Hazard identification, risk assessment, mitigation, and tracking


• Safety requirements and verification


• Safety Review Boards and/or government safety approval processes


• Systems engineering within aerospace, defense, missile, weapons, or other complex mission‑critical systems


• Working across multidisciplinary Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)

The Opportunity

This role offers the chance to work on programs supporting national defense while solving complex engineering and safety challenges. You’ll have significant interaction with technical teams, program leadership, customers, and government safety authorities—and the opportunity to directly influence the safety of advanced defense systems.

Important Details

Location: Tucson, Arizona

Work Arrangement: 100% onsite at the customer’s Tucson facility

Clearance: Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain the required U.S. government security clearance

Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required for security-clearance eligibility