Staff Systems Safety Engineer
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | Escondido, CA, USA, Grand Forks, ND, USA |
| Salary | $147700 – $256400 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 12 years of experience OR Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 10 years of experience OR PhD in a STEM discipline with 8 years of experience
- Strong working knowledge of Military system safety and process standards and their Industry equivalent such as: MIL-STD-882E, DO-178B/C, DO-248, DO-254, ARP-4754, ARP-4761, MIL-HDBK-516C, etc.
- Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership and customers and work independently
- Demonstrated ability to develop, review, update and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements
- Understanding of requirements development, system/software architecture, hardware/software design, software code implementation, test, verification and validation
- Ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance or higher within 12-month of start of employment
Responsibilities
- Applies knowledge, methodologies and principles of safety engineering as defined in MIL-STD-882E and Software Safety engineering as defined in the Joint Software System Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH)
- 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 and evaluates systems, associated support equipment and facilities, networks and information systems to ensure designs meet applicable safety specifications and standards
- Collaborate with various design teams in the execution of various MIL-STD-882E hazard analyses
- Applies engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, test, or evaluate military systems
- Reviews and prepares engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation for system safety and in support of Airworthiness Certification IAW MIL-HDBK-516
- Evaluate integration and test anomalies and assist disposition and correction of issues found for safety
- Reviews architecture, requirements and interface artifacts for safety on complex hardware/ software systems
- Reviews Test Plans and Procedures for safety requirements verification and potential hazardous operations
- Perform Safety requirements verification and selloff including development of verification plans
- Develops requirements and designs of complex aeronautical systems, including but not limited to, performing requirements traceability, assess implementations for hazard and causal factors to satisfy critical system safety objectives
- Perform hardware/ software safety (Experience in AGILE development)
- Support system integration and test of complex aeronautical systems
Preferred Qualifications
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer engineering
- An active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
- Familiarity with requirements tools such as DOORS, Safety and Reliability tools such as PTC Windchill Quality Solutions, Agile software tools, JIRA, FISHEYE and/or Confluence
- Working knowledge of flight test engineering, Software systems integration engineering, and software test engineering
- Experience in military aviation, or pilot