Senior Safety Systems Engineer | Safety

Beta Technologies • South Burlington, VT

41d • $120,000 - $170,000

About The Position

At BETA Technologies, we apply our intellectual curiosity, passion for aviation, and commitment to sustainability toward a shared mission of revolutionizing electric aviation. Regardless of the position one holds, each team member brings their talent and desire to positively impact the environment and lives of others in a refreshing, vibrant, and inclusive culture.

Requirements

• An engineering degree in a relevant discipline
• Comfortability working with design concepts on optimization of design and architectural aspects for safety and reliability
• Experience with the systems safety assessment process for commercial aviation applications following ARP4754A and SAE ARP4761 guidelines (5+ years)
• Experience performing Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Preliminary System Safety Assessment (PSSA), System Safety Assessment (SSA), Zonal Safety Analysis (ZSA), Particular Risk Analysis (PRA), Common Mode Analysis (CMA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Development Assurance Level allocation following ARP4754A
• Safety requirements generation, validation, and verification

Nice To Haves

• The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in system safety assessment for commercial aviation applications and has lived through multiple full certification cycles (Part 23, 25, 27, 33)
• The ideal candidate has worked both in new programs and modifications to aircraft designs
• Experience with 14 CFR Part 33 Safety Analyses
• Experience interfacing with FAA safety specialists
• Systems Engineering background
• Experience in safety assessments on electric aircraft programs
• Experience in safety assessments on components with complex Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) and software
• Experience in HIRF and Lightning safety assessments
• Experience with ASTM practices for systems and safety
• Experience with the safety assessment tool CAFTA.
• Experience with reliability engineering methods, including maintainability aspects (MSG-3)
• Experience with Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System
• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management tools such as Polarion

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and execute the safety assessment process and activities for BETA systems and equipment
• Collaborate on the design of new products to ensure their safety and certifiability
• Establish failure rates for system components that have not been previously used in aviation applications
• Work with regulators to ensure BETA's systems meet regulatory requirements for safety and reliability
• Assist in evaluating in-service events or issues with BETA systems and equipment
• Perform safety assessments for certification, develop safety requirements, assess safety aspects of new product concepts, support continued operational safety assessments of in-service products, and present safety analyses to regulators
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, by being able to quickly understand the underlying physics and architecture of aircraft system designs and their interfaces with other systems
• Mentoring junior safety engineers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees