Senior Systems Safety Engineer SME

KMS Solutions, LLCMiddletown, RI
$120,000 - $170,000Hybrid

About The Position

This Senior Systems Safety Engineer role is part of a team of engineers and technicians providing Systems Safety engineering to the Ranges, Engineering, and Analysis Department at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport, RI. This position will apply engineering and management principles, criteria, & techniques to optimize safety within constraints of operational effectiveness, time, & cost throughout the system life-cycle.

Requirements

  • Secret DoD clearance.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math field.
  • Ten (10) years of systems safety engineering experience, particularly with respect to hazard analysis and failure mode analysis.
  • Experience performing software systems safety analysis.
  • Strong understanding of military systems safety standards including MIL-STD-882E and NAVSEA System Safety Engineering Manual.
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and throughout employment.

Nice To Haves

  • Master’s Degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math field.
  • Fifteen (15) years of systems safety engineering experience, particularly with respect to hazard analysis and failure mode analysis.
  • Five (5) years of experience performing software systems safety analysis.
  • Engineering experience specifically with Navy and/or undersea warfare systems and weapons systems such as torpedoes, mine hunting and warfare systems, and unmanned underseas vehicles (UUVs).

Responsibilities

  • Research and analyze system design drawings, specifications, manuals, and other data to evaluate systems for safety risk and various Safety Review Board engagements.
  • Evaluate life-cycle test, operation, maintenance, and other performance phases of equipment, components, and systems from a safety perspective.
  • Investigate potential system failures and life cycle hazards and make recommendations to ensure safe and effective operation and deployment and mitigate failure effect and frequency.

Benefits

  • medical, dental and vision insurances
  • flexible spending account
  • PTO
  • paid holidays
  • military leave
  • bereavement leave
  • 401k / retirement savings plan
  • professional development
  • tuition reimbursement
  • basic and voluntary life insurance / AD&D
  • short-term and long-term disability
  • voluntary AFLAC supplemental insurance products
  • employee assistance plan (EAP) program
  • employee referral bonuses
  • discretionary annual bonus
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