Systems Safety Engineer

Cyient; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyient is seeking a Systems Safety Engineer in Seattle, WA, responsible for ensuring product performance and safety in aerospace applications. The role involves detailed system analysis, compliance activities, and effective collaboration with engineering teams. Candidates must have a BA or BS in engineering and at least 5 years of relevant experience following recognized industry processes. Familiarity with DO178, DO254, and DO160 is preferred. This position is onsite, ensuring hands-on teamwork and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience following recognized industry processes like ARP4754.
• Familiarity with DO178, DO254, and DO160.

Responsibilities

• Achieve product performance and cost targets.
• Build quality and manufacturability into designs.
• Contribute to Systems Engineering aspects and compliance activities.

Skills

Systems Engineering principles

English proficiency (verbal and written)

Knowledge of ARP4754

Technical report writing

Requirements management

Familiarity with software development lifecycle

Education

BA or BS Degree in Engineering

Job description

Systems Safety Engineer– location: Lynwood, WA (Onsite)

US Person

Responsibilities

• Work effectively with all functional groups to achieve product performance and cost targets.
• Build quality and manufacturability into the design. Define/understand/comply with company and regulatory guidelines to assure a safe operating environment.
• Demonstrate proficiency with verbal and written English for technical reports, presentations, analyses, or other communications at the appropriate level throughout the organization.
• Understand, decompose, and define product and process requirements to support product development
• Plan, estimate, prioritize, and manage work activities to support meeting project schedules and budgets.
• Utilize experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Produce thorough and accurate design and development work of suitable complexity that meets all customer specifications and company requirements for schedule, cost, producibility, quality, and reliability.
• Generate and review product development documentation including proposals, technical reports, procedures, correspondence, etc. necessary to satisfy customer and program requirements.
• Self-directed and motivated while working and communicating effectively within a team environment that consists of several engineering, operations, quality, and business disciplines.
• Contribute to all Systems Engineering aspects (architecture and components) from initial product research, architecture definition, requirements definition, requirements validation, systems verification, management and flow down to functional engineering groups
• Experience following industry recognized processes (e.g. ARP4754)
• Development of System Safety analyses such as reliability predictions, Failure Modes and Effect Analyses, Fault Tree Analysis, Common Mode Analysis and Single Event Upset analysis (ARP4761)
• Participate in the certification compliance activities of essential and critical level control systems for aircraft applications
• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: 5 years of relevant work experience
• Education/Certification: BA or BS Degree in an engineering discipline.
• Knowledge:
• • Experience of system development following industry recognized processes (e.g. ARP4754)
• • Familiarity with DO178, DO254 and DO160
• • Understands Systems Engineering principles, including interpreting and writing requirements, system architectures and designs
• • Knowledge of requirements management, validation and verification.
• • Familiarity with Software development lifecycle