Senior Systems Safety Engineer

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd.•Niceville, FL

14h•Onsite

About The Position

Odyssey has an exciting opportunity for a Senior System Safety Engineer supporting the Agile Weapons Division (AFLCMC/EBX) at Eglin AFB, FL. This division is responsible for acquiring dominant strike weapon capabilities with speed and agility through transformative digital acquisition and open architecture approaches. This position gives you the opportunity to lead essential engineering activities across the entire acquisition lifecycle. You’ll work directly with program managers, engineers, testers, and mission partners to define requirements, guide system design and integration, ensure safety and airworthiness, and help deliver reliable, mission-ready capability to the warfighter. This is a role for someone who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, managing technical and safety artifacts, and bringing structure, clarity, and discipline to high-visibility programs.

Requirements

Must be a US citizen
Must have Active DoD Secret or higher clearance (with background investigation completed within the last 5 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an ABET accredited university and 5 years of relevant technical experience; OR Master's Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and 3 years of relevant technical experience.

Nice To Haves

Active DoD Top Secret clearance with SSBI and/or Active DoD Top Secret with SCI within 4 years of last investigation.
Engineering management experience
Agile project management (manage & prioritize workflow)
Excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

Support engineering activities across all acquisition phases; including requirements development, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification/validation (V&V), transition planning, and configuration, interface, and risk management.
Lead system safety program activities including hazard identification, system safety analyses, design trade-off evaluations, configuration control for safety-significant changes, participation in test/flight readiness events, and interpretation of safety standards and requirements.
Apply deep knowledge of MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-1316, DoD munitions safety processes (NNMSB, WSESRB), AFI 63-104, and safety-related acquisition documentation (SEPs, SSAs, PESHEs, LCSPs); manage system safety artifacts and ensure disciplined, organized safety program execution.
Assist with and maintain required engineering documentation; support and execute technical reviews, audits, and interchange meetings (CDR, MRA, TIMs), including development of technical artifacts, entry/exit criteria, and written reporting for systems reviews.
Review armament program portfolios, assess alternative technical approaches, evaluate designs and test results, manage and sustain technical baselines, and support or perform system-level testing to ensure subsystem and system performance meets approved specifications.
Prepare technical reports, presentations, validation criteria, and procedures; analyze engineering results for major weapon systems; and support acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, deployment/fielding, installation, and operational oversight activities.
Conduct engineering and programmatic trade studies addressing performance, producibility, reliability, maintainability, lifecycle cost, schedule, and risk; support IPTs through technical analyses, documentation, studies, evaluations, and recommendations.
Support proposal and requirements analyses by reviewing ICDs, CDDs, CPDs, AoAs, MUAs, CONOPS, Technology Development Strategies, and FCAs/PCAs; provide technical assessments of feasibility, compatibility, and cost-effectiveness.