Senior Specialist, System Safety
About The Position
This role is within the Specialty Engineering group, focusing on System Safety. The successful candidate will promote System Safety awareness, decompose customer requirements, support bids and proposals, define System Safety requirements and risks, and partner with the design team to ensure System Safety requirements are met. The role involves reviewing vendor documentation, producing safety assessments, participating in design reviews, and performing various safety analysis activities such as System Safety Hazard Analysis, FMECA, and FTA. Additionally, the position may involve RAM analysis activities like Reliability Prediction, Testability Analysis, and Maintainability Prediction. The role also supports safety assurance for software and firmware, participates in Product Safety Committees, produces Safety & Environmental Program Plans and Safety Case Reports, and supports the design change process. Mentoring junior employees is also a responsibility.
Requirements
- Motivated self-starter who seeks opportunities to collaborate with others
- A curiosity in how things work and break, so that they may be improved
- Analytical thinker with the ability to extract meaningful data from various sources
- Working knowledge of standards related to System Safety (e.g. MIL-STD-882, DEF STAN 00-56, DO-178, DO-254, ARP4754, ARP4761, etc.) would be an asset
- Familiarity with electrical/electronic circuit analysis
- Familiarity with electro-mechanical motion control equipment
- Familiarity with electro-optic imaging equipment
- Familiarity with ANSI and FDA standards related to laser classification and safety
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with meticulous attention to detail
- Meets the requirements of the Controlled Goods Registration Program and is eligible for a Canadian government security clearance
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the aerospace and/or defense industry is preferred.
- Experience with Integrated Systems on Airborne, Ground and Marine platforms.
Responsibilities
- Work in the Specialty Engineering group with a specific emphasis on System Safety
- Promote System Safety awareness and its importance throughout the business
- Decompose customer requirements pertaining to System Safety
- Support Bids and Proposal activities, generating bid responses and estimating work packages for System Safety analysis activities
- Define the System Safety requirements and risks for each project in conjunction with the Lead Systems Engineer
- Partner with design team throughout design process to ensure that System Safety requirements are achieved
- Review vendor documentation and challenge supplier analysis
- Produce preliminary sub-assembly safety assessment in support of product development
- Participate and promote safety in design reviews
- Perform System Safety Hazard Analysis
- Perform Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
- Perform Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Perform Reliability Prediction (MTBF) when required
- Perform Testability Analysis when required
- Perform Maintainability Prediction when required
- Support safety assurance analysis for software and firmware designs
- Support the Product Safety Management Process by participating in Product Safety Committees
- Production of Safety & Environmental Program Plans, Safety Case Reports and System Safety Hazard Analysis on complex integrated systems solutions spanning airborne, ground and maritime platforms
- Support the design change process by estimating and validating the safety impacts of each of the proposed changes
- Mentor junior employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
