System Safety Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Senior System Safety Engineer to support DoD system programs, applying engineering principles to identify hazards and implement mitigations to reduce warfighter risk.

You will work on comprehensive system safety programs, develop SSPPs, and analyze hazards such as PHA, SHA/SSHA, and OSHA while delivering results with quality standards and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience applying system safety principles to DoD programs.
• Familiarity with System Safety Program Plans (SSPP) and hazard analyses (PHA, SHA/SSHA, OSHA/OSH) is a plus.
• Ability to develop safety artifacts and evaluate compliance with requirements and guidance documents.

Responsibilities

• Develop hazard analyses and safety assessments for programs.
• Analyze safety criteria in design to control or eliminate hazards.
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations at reviews and briefings.
• Flow down system safety requirements and verify implementation.
• Assist in requirements development and verification.
• Review models, specifications, and design changes for safety impacts.
• Support customer and range requirements; participate in test activities.

Skills

System safety

Hazard analysis

Safety engineering

Technical writing

Presentation skills

Regulatory compliance

Mentoring

Job description

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big-picture thinking to make an impact in System Safety? Our team supports senior-level DoD and Service personnel with system safety implementation and oversight for DoD system programs. You’ll leverage your specialized knowledge and expertise in system safety, including applying scientific and engineering principles, criteria, and techniques to identify and assess system safety hazards and inform the implementation of mitigations to reduce warfighter risk.

Job Number: R0246093

System Safety Engineer, Senior

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big-picture thinking to make an impact in System Safety? Our team supports senior-level DoD and Service personnel with system safety implementation and oversight for DoD system programs. You’ll leverage your specialized knowledge and expertise in system safety, including applying scientific and engineering principles, criteria, and techniques to identify and assess system safety hazards and inform the implementation of mitigations to reduce warfighter risk.

As a system safety engineer (SSE) on our team, you'll enjoy a dynamic team environment of customer and contractor staff while executing comprehensive system safety programs or individual tasks on a variety of space systems. You will be familiar with typical work products, including System Safety Program Plans (SSPP), a variety of analyses, including Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Subsystem and System Hazard Analysis (SHA/SSHA), Operating and Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) analysis, Safety Assessment Reports (SAR), and test report evaluations. You'll analyze data, develop written deliverables, assist with the presentation of results, and assist with the review of client system safety artifacts to verify compliance with requirements, policy, and guidance documents. You'll conduct these tasks following established plans and quality standards and the freedom to improve processes and advance the discipline of system safety.

Expectations are the Staff SSE can work independently with minimal oversight, based on professional experience and educational background, while helping mentor and train early career SSEs in the System Safety discipline.

What You Will Be Doing

• Support the program by developing hazard analyses, software safety assessments, system safety risk assessment and mitigation.
• Analyze and recommend safety criteria in system design, equipment and procedures to control or eliminate hazards.
• Prepare and deliver presentations at technical reviews and customer briefings.
• Flow down system safety requirements and verify implementation.
• Assist in requirements development and verification.
• Reviews models, specifications, technical documentation, and design changes for impacts to system safety.
• Support customer and test and operational range requirements
• Participate in the development of test activities to