Staff Engineer System Safety

Northrop Grumman • Melbourne, FL

62d • Onsite

About The Position

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Staff System Safety Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in Melbourne, FL. The successful candidate will be proficient in aircraft systems and operations as well as an expert in hazard analysis techniques for System Safety. This position will provide mentorship and partner with team members to manage and complete safety tasking to include analyzing architecture, design, software integration, and development and maintenance of cutting-edge Open Architecture systems on the U.S. Navy's E-2D Advance Hawkeye aircraft. The employee will apply engineering principles to optimize all aspects of safety to increase the operational effectiveness throughout the lifecycle of the system. Job Summary: Reviews product systems, associated support equipment and facilities, functional specifications and operations, and establishes safety requirements for assigned systems. Independently analyzes and recommends safety criteria in system design, equipment and procedures to control or eliminate hazards. Develops safety documents as required to support customer and test/operational range requirements. Performs audits of operational areas and reports effectiveness of system safety program. Participates in accident investigations involving damage to products or related facilities and assists in identification of causes and corrective actions. Evaluates the interrelationship of system safety requirements and other aspects of concept design and development requirements to ensure the most cost effective program. The ideal candidate will understand modern programming languages, software requirements and design patterns, and development platforms and should have an interest in expanding their understanding of avionics software development and systems integration methodologies. In this role, your responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following: • Analyze, recommend, and drive safety criteria in system design, equipment, and procedures to mitigate or eliminate hazards • Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and cost, risk, and supportability analyses at all levels of the system life cycle • Apply engineering principles and standards to support, develop, or review System/Subsystem Hazard Analyses, Software System Safety Analyses, Functional Hazard Analyses, and Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analyses; • Develop, review, update, and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements; • Identify technical issues, propose solutions, and ensure appropriate action is taken to resolve the technical issues; • Participate in various system safety meetings with both internal and external stakeholders. • Develop and maintain all necessary documentation necessary to implement and maintain a System Safety Program. • This role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills

Requirements

• Bachelor of science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of experience, or a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 10 years of experience, or a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 8 years of experience
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Experience in Aviation Systems, Electrical Engineering, or Hardware/Software System Safety.
• Experience developing safety documents as required in support of customer requirements.
• Experience in development environments applying MIL-STD-882 (or similar) System Safety program execution.
• Must have system safety analytical experience assessing systems/subsystems, identifying safety hazards, and recommending safety requirements to system design and operations to mitigate safety risks.
• Experience with MS Office applications (example, Excel and PowerPoint)
• This role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Capable of understanding incident investigations and root cause and corrective actions
• Understanding of Model Based System Engineering and executing System Safety Analysis in MBSE tools
• Experience using Cameo to capture System Safety products and execute Safety analysis

Responsibilities

• Analyze, recommend, and drive safety criteria in system design, equipment, and procedures to mitigate or eliminate hazards
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and cost, risk, and supportability analyses at all levels of the system life cycle
• Apply engineering principles and standards to support, develop, or review System/Subsystem Hazard Analyses, Software System Safety Analyses, Functional Hazard Analyses, and Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analyses
• Develop, review, update, and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements
• Identify technical issues, propose solutions, and ensure appropriate action is taken to resolve the technical issues
• Participate in various system safety meetings with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain all necessary documentation necessary to implement and maintain a System Safety Program.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
• Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees