Systems Safety Engineer

Kms Solutions • Middletown, RI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

KMS Solutions is seeking an experienced System Safety Engineer to join our team of engineers providing System and Software Safety engineering to the Ranges, Engineering, and Analysis Department at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport RI. The ideal candidate will apply engineering and management principles, criteria, & techniques to optimize safety within constraints of operational effectiveness, time, & cost throughout the system life-cycle.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain a Secret DoD clearance.
• Bachelor s Degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math field.
• Ten (10) years of system safety engineering experience, particularly with respect to hazard analysis and failure mode analysis.
• Experience performing software system safety analysis.
• Strong understanding of military system safety standards including MIL-STD-882E and NAVSEA 5100.12-M.

Nice To Haves

• Master s Degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math field.
• Fifteen (15) years of system safety engineering experience, particularly with respect to hazard analysis and failure mode analysis.
• Five (5) years of experience performing software system safety analysis.
• Engineering experience specifically with Navy and/or undersea warfare systems and weapons systems such as torpedoes, mine hunting and warfare systems, and unmanned underseas vehicles (UUVs).

Responsibilities

• Research and analyze system design drawings, specifications, manuals, and other data to determine Systems readiness for deployment, from a system safety perspective.
• Evaluate life cycle test, operation, maintenance and other performance phases of equipment, components, and systems from a system safety perspective.
• Investigate potential system failures and life cycle hazards and make recommendations to ensure safe and effective operation and deployment and mitigate failure effect and frequency.

Benefits

• KMS offers a competitive benefits packaging including medical, dental and vision insurances, flexible spending account, PTO, paid holidays, military leave, bereavement leave, 401k / retirement savings plan, professional development and tuition reimbursement, basic and voluntary life insurance / AD&D, short-term and long-term disability, voluntary AFLAC supplemental insurance products and employee assistance plan (EAP) program.
• Additionally, KMS offers employee referral bonuses and a discretionary annual bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees