Flight Safety Engineer - Mid-Career

Lockheed Martin • Owego, NY

454d • $82,200 - $157,500

About The Position

The Flight Safety Engineer position at Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, is focused on supporting Aviation Safety programs in Owego, NY. The role involves a variety of flight safety engineering tasks, including managing safety hazard identification, conducting safety analyses, and ensuring compliance with aviation safety requirements. The engineer will collaborate with various stakeholders to enhance safety risk management and support internal flight, test, maintenance, and production operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, aviation safety, or other technical major; or equivalent experience.
• Experience in aviation operations, aviation maintenance, or quality assurance.
• Experience drafting technical reports and understanding aircraft technical terms.
• Ability to lead investigations and participate as a team member.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite for document, spreadsheet, and presentation development.
• Maintain proficiency with advancing technologies in aviation safety and accident investigations.

Nice To Haves

• 5 years of industry or military experience in aviation accident investigation, operations, maintenance, safety, systems safety, or human factors.
• Detailed technical systems knowledge of Sikorsky products from development, testing, or operations.
• Experience with technical examinations and component teardowns; familiarity with failure analysis methods.
• Experience interacting with domestic and international civil and military investigation authorities.
• Expertise with Flight Operations, Quality Assurance, and Health and Usage Monitoring Systems data.
• Sikorsky rotary wing aviator and/or engineering experience on the Sikorsky product line.
• Experience analyzing accident trend data using analytics software.
• Familiarity with military, FAA, and international aviation authority regulations.

Responsibilities

• Perform flight safety engineering tasks to support development, flight test, operations, production, fleet support, and accident investigation for helicopter programs.
• Manage Engineering, Program Management, and other Aviation Safety and Airworthiness groups to aid safety hazard identification and mitigation.
• Develop, refine, and track metrics to assess the aviation safety culture and operations of the site.
• Coordinate and participate in review boards, self-assessments, and audits as an independent safety advocate.
• Lead site level Safety Management System (SMS) initiatives and ensure adherence to regulatory SMS requirements.
• Support safety compliance requirements for programs/platforms.
• Liaise with and support Sikorsky legal department in aviation matters.
• Present safety briefings to customer, pilot, and maintenance groups.
• Apply scientific and engineering principles to identify and track potential safety hazards.
• Perform safety analyses, conduct safety risk assessments, and develop recommendations for risk mitigation.
• Support review of flight and ground test plans.
• Provide safety support to internal Sikorsky flight, test, maintenance, and production operations.
• Collaborate with site and enterprise leadership to enhance safety risk management.
• Interface with civil and military customer Flight Safety Officials to ensure compliance with aviation safety requirements.
• Interface with the Model Development Safety Committee (MDSC) to identify flight test safety hazards and approve risk mitigation strategies.
• Ensure adequate risk mitigation and safety oversight for hazardous energy test operations.
• Provide backup coverage to other Sikorsky flying sites as necessary.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Education Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree