Sr. Principal Systems Safety Engineer MIL-STD-882E - 15028

Northrop Grumman•Roy, UT

1d•$124,900 - $187,300•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to hire a Sr. Principal System Safety Engineer to its Safety Engineering team. This position is located in Roy, Utah. The Sr. Principal System Safety Engineer will influence design for meeting safety expectations and requirements for our Northrop Grumman Products. The successful candidate will independently analyze and recommend design features that meet safety criteria in system design to control or eliminate hazards. The role includes active participation in the design of products/systems, associated support equipment and facilities. The role includes the creation of functional specifications and establishes safety requirements for assigned systems. The tasks includes developing safety documents, as required, to support customer and test/operational range requirements and performing audits of operational areas and reporting on the effectiveness of system safety program. The role includes evaluating the interrelationship of system safety requirements and other aspects of concept design and development requirements to ensure the most cost effective program. The candidate will have extensive expertise in the application of MIL-STD-882E, DO178, DO254, software development, design development, or similar systems engineering experience. The candidate will have experience in generation or review of design artifacts to support System Safety analyses utilized in maturing weapons system design for safety and support flight test and flight worthiness of complex systems.

Requirements

8 years of experience with a Bachelors of Science degree, 6 years with a Masters, 4 years with a Doctorate degree in science, engineering, applied mathematics, computer science, aeronautics, safety, or closely related technical discipline
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
At least 2 years of using DO-178 or DO-254 for design development
At least 2 years experience with C/C++, Java, object oriented design or similar software development experience
At least 2 years of using MIL-STD-882E to conduct Preliminary, Functional, Subsystem, System, Operating and Support Hazard Analysis
Strong written and verbal communication skills of the English language

Nice To Haves

At least 1 year experience using MIL-STD-882E or similar processes for hardware and /or software design development
Lead a team in software safety processes in Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase
Experience developing in an Agile environment.
Model Based Systems Engineering experience
Experience developing missile flight systems software
Associate Safety Professional (ASP) / Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Certificate
Weapon System experience (Minuteman III or similar military or industry experience)
Active Top Secret clearance with investigation in the last 6 years

Responsibilities

Independently analyze and recommend design features that meet safety criteria in system design to control or eliminate hazards.
Active participation in the design of products/systems, associated support equipment and facilities.
Creation of functional specifications and establishment of safety requirements for assigned systems.
Developing safety documents, as required, to support customer and test/operational range requirements.
Performing audits of operational areas and reporting on the effectiveness of system safety program.
Evaluating the interrelationship of system safety requirements and other aspects of concept design and development requirements to ensure the most cost effective program.
Generation or review of design artifacts to support System Safety analyses utilized in maturing weapons system design for safety and support flight test and flight worthiness of complex systems.