Senior System Safety Engineer

Neon Aerospace•Irvine, CA

6h•$110,000 - $165,000

About The Position

The Senior System Safety Engineer will own Neon Aero’s safety assessment process for aerospace systems, execute and govern ARP4761/ARP4761A analyses supporting ARP4754A/B development assurance and customer certification programs, establish safety processes, produce safety deliverables, and integrate safety requirements, analyses, and evidence into the requirements, MBSE, and PLM environment. Working closely with the Systems Engineering Architect, the role embeds safety throughout system development from concept through certification and serves as Neon’s primary technical safety interface to customers and their certification teams. The role leads system-level hazard and safety assessments, derives and traces safety requirements, assigns development assurance levels, evaluates architectural mitigations, and ensures hardware and software planning reflects safety requirements. It also establishes the system safety program and digital-thread practices, supports customer and certification engagement, and mentors engineers in safety-driven design. The position is offered at an expected compensation range of $110,000–$165,000 USD, with potential eligibility for bonus, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or Reliability Engineering, or a related field.
At least 8 years of experience in aerospace system safety, including direct authorship of ARP4761 analyses on certified programs.
Deep expertise in ARP4761/ARP4761A methods, including FHA, PSSA, SSA, FTA, FMEA/FMES, and CCA, and their integration with ARP4754A/B development assurance.
Working knowledge of 14 CFR XX.1309 and 23.2510 safety objectives and associated advisory material.
Experience assigning development assurance levels and deriving safety requirements for hardware and software items developed to DO-254 and DO-178C.
Hands-on experience with quantitative fault-tree and reliability-analysis tools.
Demonstrated ability to present and defend safety analyses with customers or certification authorities.

Nice To Haves

Experience with flight control, electromechanical actuation, or propulsion control systems.
Familiarity with safety and reliability tools such as Isograph Reliability Workbench, Ansys medini analyze, or Cameo Safety and Reliability Analyzer.
Experience with model-based safety analysis linked to SysML architectures.
Familiarity with Flow and Siemens Teamcenter.
Experience with MIL-STD-882E system safety programs.
Familiarity with DO-326A/ED-202A airworthiness security processes.
Experience working in startups or fast-paced environments where processes must be built from scratch.
Knowledge of AI/ML applications in safety and systems engineering.

Responsibilities

Lead development of system-level Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Preliminary System Safety Assessments (PSSA), and System Safety Assessments (SSA), consistent with customer aircraft-level safety assessments.
Perform and review Fault Tree Analyses (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA), and Failure Modes and Effects Summaries (FMES).
Conduct Common Mode Analyses and provide inputs to customer Zonal Safety and Particular Risks Analyses.
Develop and manage failure-rate analysis tools to predict and monitor product.
Derive safety requirements from hazard and failure analyses, allocate them to system, hardware, and software items, and maintain traceability in Neon’s requirements management tool.
Assign and justify Function and Item Development Assurance Levels (FDAL/IDAL) in accordance with ARP4754A/B and ARP4761A.
Evaluate architectural mitigations, redundancy, and independence for catastrophic and hazardous failure conditions, and drive design changes when required.
Ensure DO-178C and DO-254 planning reflects assigned IDALs and safety-derived requirements.
Establish Neon’s system safety program plan, work instructions, and analysis templates aligned with ARP4761A.
Integrate safety analyses with Neon’s MBSE and PLM environment to keep failure conditions, safety requirements, and verification evidence traceable and current as designs change.
Drive adoption of model-based safety analysis practices linked to Neon’s system models.
Coordinate with product cybersecurity on the interaction between safety and airworthiness security assessments.
Align with customers on aircraft-level FHA allocations, safety requirements, and safety data deliverables.
Prepare safety deliverables for design reviews and certification data packages.
Present safety analyses and rationale to customers and support their engagement with certification authorities, including the FAA and EASA.
Serve as Neon’s subject matter expert in aerospace system safety.
Mentor systems and design engineers in safety-driven design and the application of safety analysis results.
Collaborate with design, test, reliability, and certification teams to ensure alignment.