Senior System Safety Engineer

RTX•El Segundo, CA
•$95,500 - $181,700•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon’s System Safety / Human System Integration (HSI) Department ensures product safety by identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing solutions to protect people, hardware, and the environment. The team applies engineering principles to integrate safety throughout the system lifecycle, enhance reliability, and safeguard warfighters. The Senior System Safety Engineer develops and executes MIL-STD-882E-compliant safety programs, conducts hazard and design analyses, coordinates safety requirements and approvals with customers, and works with multidisciplinary engineering teams to eliminate hazards or implement controls. The position supports safety from program startup through production, demilitarization, and disposal; presents safety status during technical reviews; prepares reports; and may work in Special Access Program environments. The role is onsite in El Segundo, California.

Requirements

  • Typically requires a STEM degree and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
  • Experience with System Safety Engineering and/or Software Safety Engineering.
  • Experience with complex systems and evaluating them for risk.
  • Active and transferable Top Secret/SCI U.S. government-issued security clearance required prior to the start date; an active and existing clearance is required on day one.
  • U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience developing and implementing MIL-STD-882E System Safety Program tasks and analyses, including management (task series 100), analysis (task series 200), evaluation (task series 300), and verification (task series 400), covering hardware and software safety-related tasks.
  • Experience with DoD System Safety Programs, such as MIL-STD-882 or DO-178.
  • Presentation skills.
  • Experience solving complex problems by leveraging available resources and research material.
  • Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and proposal development.
  • Experience interfacing with Human Systems Integration and executing Human Factors Engineering tasks involving MIL-STD-1472.
  • Experience with Engineering Change Proposals, Engineering Review Boards, and System Safety Working Groups.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement MIL-STD-882E-compliant system safety programs, including associated tasks, analyses, and planning.
  • Conduct hazard and design analyses to ensure compliance with system requirements, customer specifications, and military standards.
  • Collaborate with customer safety representatives to clarify system requirements and ensure appropriate allocation to software, hardware, and test personnel.
  • Coordinate with customer safety representatives and Safety Review Board authorities to obtain safety approval.
  • Manage System Safety Working Groups with Raytheon and customer representatives.
  • Work across integrated product teams and engineering disciplines, including Systems Engineering, Software/Firmware, Electrical, and Hardware Engineering, to eliminate hazards or implement effective controls.
  • Collaborate across disciplines to understand product architecture and design.
  • Support safety efforts from program startup through production, demilitarization, and disposal.
  • Brief safety considerations and program status during technical reviews and approval processes.
  • Interpret system requirements, specifications, and military standards.
  • Prepare internal and customer-facing reports detailing safety analyses and program results.
  • Work within Special Access Program environments as required.

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short-term disability
  • Long-term disability
  • 401(k) match
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Flexible work schedules
  • Employee assistance program
  • Employee Scholar Program
  • Parental leave
  • Paid time off
  • Holidays
  • Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage
  • Relocation eligibility
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