Systems Safety Engineer Level 3/4 (AHT)

Northrop Grumman•Los Angeles, CA

2d•$114,000 - $213,400•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a System Safety Engineer Level 3 or 4 with the ability to obtain a security clearance to work with their talented Advanced Weapons team located in Northridge, CA. Relocation assistance, although not guaranteed, may be available. The ideal candidate will have experience in safety engineering processes and standards to join their team of qualified, diverse individuals. They will be supporting programs for defining and architecting a secured missile weapon system. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers. This position requires the selected candidate to work on-site in Northridge, CA. Telework is not available for this position. Relocation assistance, although not guaranteed, may be available.

Requirements

BS in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree with 5 years of relevant/related experience or a MS in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree with 3 years of relevant/related experience (for Level 3)
BS in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree with 8 years of relevant/related experience or a MS in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree with 6 years of relevant/related experience (for Level 4)
Familiarity with electrical circuit design/schematics
Experience with application of MIL-STD-882 to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment and procedures in order to mitigate or eliminate hazards
Experience documenting hazards with a closed-loop Hazard Tracking System (HTS)
Experience with developing, reviewing, updating, and approving system safety artifacts and system safety requirements such as System Safety Program Plan (SSPP), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), System/Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SHA/SuSHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Safety Assessment Report (SAR) and Software Safety Analysis in support of customer requirements
Ability to work independently and effectively communicate (verbal and written) with internal and external customers
U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a government issued Security Clearance
Demonstrated ability in the application of MIL-STD-882 to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment and procedures in order to mitigate or eliminate hazards (for Level 4)
Familiarity with electrical circuit design (for Level 4)
Demonstrated ability to apply system safety engineering principles to develop safety documentation in accordance with MIL-STD-882 such as SSPP, PHA, FHA, SHA/SuSHA, Bent Pin Analyses, FTA, SAR and Software Safety Analyses (for Level 4)
Demonstrated ability to develop, review, update, and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements (for Level 4)
History of demonstrated leadership capabilities, ability to work independently, and effectively communicate (verbal and written) with internal and external customers (for Level 4)

Nice To Haves

Active Government issued security clearance
Ability to read and interpret electrical circuit schematics
Experience with implementing and/or testing software safety requirements
Strong working knowledge of military system safety and process standards and their Industry equivalent such as MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-810, RCC 319, AFSPCMAN 91-710, ASTM, ANSI, NEC, AFOSH, AOP-52, JOTP-051, PESHE, NFPA
Have experience with missile systems
Knowledge of System Safety Incident Investigation process

Responsibilities

Perform system safety analysis of military weapon systems
Participate in risk assessments/resolution and mishap investigations
Utilize MIL-STD-882 and familiarity with Military and their equivalent industry standards such as MIL-STD-810, RCC 319, AFSPCMAN 91-710, ASTM, ANSI, NEC, AFOSH, AOP-52, JOTP-051, PESHE and NFPA.
Be responsible for preparation of safety documentation such as System Safety Program Plan (SSPP), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), System/Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SHA/SuSHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Safety Assessment Report (SAR) and Software Safety Analysis in support of customer requirements
Work side by side with customer counterparts