Principal System Safety Engineer - Product Safety (Onsite)

RTX•Cedar Rapids, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Our Product Safety team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, missionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions. We are currently searching for a Principal Systems Safety Engineer to join our team in Richardson, TX. We are seeking individuals with the technical skills and personal leadership attributes to help support program development through the application of system safety techniques. The successful candidate will participate in all phases of program life cycle, utilizing system safety methodologies as they apply in our systems engineering processes. Key responsibilities include the following: safety hazard analysis, familiarity with civil and military standards, derivation of safety requirements, and fault tree analysis.

Requirements

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
Must possess U.S. DOD Secret Clearance. Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements.
Experience with MIL-STD-882E (DoD System Safety Standard Practice) and SAE ARP 4761 (Civil Aviation Safety Assessment Guidelines / Methods)
Experience with systems engineering lifecycle, with knowledge of how to apply system safety techniques

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of systems architectures and designs
Understanding of military aircraft-related missions, functional operation, performance specifications, and validation techniques
Familiarity with agile development and model-based systems engineering (MBSE) framework via CAMEO
Experience using industry recognized tools such as CAFTA, WindChill, Relyence
Knowledge AC 25.11, AC 25.1309
Good presentation skills with the ability to present to a variety of audiences

Responsibilities

Support design and development teams to develop, assess, and verify System Safety related requirements for mission-critical systems
Identify, evaluate, and mitigate hazards and risks associated with mission critical systems
Development of Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Preliminary System Safety Assessment (PSSA), System Safety Assessment (SSA), System Safety Hazard Analysis (SSHA), Hazardous Materials Management Report (HMMR), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
Knowledge of MIL-STD-882E (DoD System Safety Standard Practice) and SAE ARP 4761 (Civil Aviation Safety Assessment Guidelines / Methods)
Serves as a System Safety subject matter expert to engineering and business leadership
Participate in technical proposal and basis of estimate preparation for System Safety scope

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
Tuition reimbursement program
Student Loan Repayment Program
Life insurance and disability coverage
Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
Adoption Assistance
Autism Benefit
Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
May Be Eligible for relocation
Flexible spending accounts
Flexible work schedules
Employee Scholar Program
Parental leave
Paid time off
Holidays
Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs