Systems Safety Engineer

Anduril • Columbia, WA

6h • $146,000 - $194,000

About The Position

Anduril’s Reliability & System Safety Engineering organization is hiring System Safety Engineers across its product portfolio, which may include Air Dominance & Strike, Maritime, Ground Systems, Space, Counter-UAS, and Autonomy/Lattice. The team partners with the broader Engineering organization to ensure products are safe and satisfy mission performance, environmental, and customer requirements. It develops System Safety processes and methods to support scalable, long-term business success.

In this role, you will drive system-level safety decisions, apply advanced analysis techniques, influence design trades, and lead complex failure investigations. You will work with Reliability, Systems Engineering, and Hardware and Software teams throughout product development to deliver safe, mission-ready products. The position requires executing system safety plans and analyses, developing and supporting safety requirements and mitigations, contributing to design reviews and investigations, verifying risk-reduction measures, and ensuring compliance with relevant standards.

The role offers a stated U.S. base salary range of $146,000–$194,000. Anduril notes that actual offers may vary based on factors including experience, education, training, skills, and business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers. The company also states that it offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, available at little to no cost to employees; specific benefit types are not listed here.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of industry experience as a System Safety Engineer or equivalent engineering background.
• B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• Experience with safety-critical hardware and software systems in the defense or aerospace industry.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-882E and other relevant safety standards.
• Strong background in safety analysis techniques, including FTA, FHA, SCFTA, and FMECA.
• Experience with requirements decomposition for Safety.
• Safety failure investigation and analysis experience, with a proven record of solving problems and preventing recurrence.
• Design review experience (PDR, CDR, MRR) and confident presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication skills, and ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• Experience or familiarity with ARP-4754, ARP-4761, MIL-STD-516C, and JSSSEH.
• Experience with Relyence, Teamcenter, JIRA, JAMA, Cameo, and/or Ansys.
• Software safety case development experience.
• Experience with risk management, change control/change management reviews, and software/firmware HITL/SITL.
• AI/ML software safety experience.

Responsibilities

• Execute System Safety program plans aligned with MIL-STD-882E and program-specific requirements.
• Conduct safety analyses, including FHA, Fault Tree Analysis, SCFTA, FMECA, and System Safety Assessments at system and subsystem levels.
• Develop safety requirements and collaborate with design teams to implement safety solutions.
• Identify and document hazards and risks, manage hazard tracking, and ensure appropriate risk mitigation strategies are in place.
• Support the Design Requirements Process to help teams adhere to safety best practices.
• Support Development Milestone Reviews (PDR, CDR, QDR) as the System Safety representative.
• Lead safety corrective actions from RCCA investigations and Mishap Reports.
• Verify and validate risk- and hazard-reduction measures.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and support customer and regulatory engagements as needed.
• Drive continuous improvement in System Safety processes and methodologies.
• Ensure compliance with relevant military and industry safety standards.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, described as available at little to no cost to employees; specific benefits are not enumerated.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior