Functional System Safety Engineer (Mid-Career Level)
About The Position
Join a team dedicated to designing and producing armored combat and support vehicles. As a prime mover in ground force capabilities, this firm provides innovative solutions that ensure the safety and effectiveness of military personnel worldwide, focusing on durability, mobility, and performance. The Defense industry is rapidly embracing digital transformation, integrating advanced software and state-of-the-art features. This position requires a dynamic individual with System Safety and Model-Based Systems Engineering experience. The individual will collaborate with design teams to incorporate System Safety Engineering input into vehicle designs, including hardware and software systems. Responsibilities include completing safety analysis, proposing and executing mitigation through product validation during the program life cycle, creating and documenting safety work products and submitting customer-required documents.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required by Federal Law and must be able to obtain a DoD Security Clearance
- Bachelor’s Degree in a System Safety-related discipline such as Systems Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, or related STEM concentration
- 7+ years of System Safety engineering experience (fewer years considered with advanced degree)
- Experience developing: safety hazard analyses, Safety concepts and safety cases, Hazard mitigation strategies, Safety requirement traceability and validation test cases
- Experience working with safety standards: MIL-STD-882E, Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH), ISO 26262, ARP-4761A
- Experience developing with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using the System “V” model decomposition methodologies with CAMEO system modelers or similar Model-Based System modelers environment
- Familiary with Team Center, JIRA, Confluence tools, DOORS, or other similar requirement management tools
- Ability to meet Anthropometric Size Requirements for confined vehicle spaces
- Must be able to work occasional evening and/or weekend overtime as required
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree in a System Safety-related discipline such as Systems Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, or related STEM concentration
- Experience with System, Logical, and Physical architecture in developing Safety strategy and safety mitigations
- Preferred experience in the Defense industry; relevant experience in Automotive or Aerospace System safety process and execution, launching designs into production.
- Experience with High Voltage and Autonomous Software embedded systems
- Experience in Human Factors/Ergonomics and System Safety in product design
- Familiarity with User-Centered Design (UCD) philosophy and approaches
- Understanding of Functional Failure Analysis
- Methodologies: Product development cycle, AGILE methodology, Systems Engineering V-model
Responsibilities
- Evaluate customer safety requirements and determine vehicle/system compliance
- Develop and support system and software architectures with integrated safety strategies
- Conduct System Safety analyses and provide design change recommendations
- Develop and maintain Hazard Tracking Systems (HTS), Hazard Logs, and Risk Registers
- Perform and document Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA) and Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA)
- Develop safety requirements, ensuring definition, traceability, validation, and verification
- Manage end-to-end traceability of hazard mitigations
- Support development of the System Specification Document
- Develop and complete safety Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) to be submitted to the Customer
- Manage end-to-end traceability of the Hazard mitigations for the assigned systems
- Create and and manage Human-System Interface databases, Hazard logs, Risk Registers, and manage Hazard tracking
- Collaborate with Hardware and Software engineering teams to identify hazards and implement mitigation strategies
- Conduct peer reviews of safety work products prior to release
- Ensure compliance with contract requirements and applicable safety standards
Benefits
- Applicants selected for employment will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation, which may include education, criminal, and work history verifications.
- Accepted applicants will be eligible for benefits, including medical and supplemental insurance, and a 401(k) plan.
- Appreciation and gratitude for employees are hallmarks of organizations with low turnover.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
