Flight Test Aviation Safety Official – Senior

Flight Test Aviation Safety Official – Senior

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with test hazard / risk identification and mitigation plans
• 5+ years relevant technical experience in a combination of aviation safety, systems safety analysis, safety management system, ground test, flight test, aviation operations or test hazard analysis in a commercial or military environment
• Capable of supporting and traveling between all three job locations listed (Edwards AFB, China Lake and Palmdale) at least monthly but as frequently as weekly to support test program needs
• Capable of traveling to other locations up to 15% of the time

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within a cross section of program disciplines in a very dynamic, fast-paced development and test environment to promote mishap prevention
• Develop and manage safety requirements in a collaborative environment early in the design process through the life-cycle of the product/program, with specific emphasis on test operations
• Perform critical safety engineering activities to support ground and flight test/launch preparation and operations, to include support the development of Flight Test Plans (FTPs) with a focus on Test Hazard Analyses (THAs) and mitigation plans, development of test procedures, and active participation in ground and flight / test mission assurance readiness reviews (FTMARRs)
• Perform Safety Risk Management (SRM) activities in a highly dynamic operational/test environment through support of and/or leading Safety Action Groups (SAGs) activity
• Provide Safety Assurance (SA) function through interface with Safety data analysts and Quality Assurance (QA) and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) counterparts
• Provide flight and ground test operations safety support during testing, to include active participation in pretest briefs/debriefs, after action reviews, and develop pre-mishap plans and notification procedures
• Evaluate customer/operational needs and requirements specifications to develop safety requirements, constraints, and operating limits
• Review engineering design specifications, test operations, change proposals, deficiency reports, and deviation/waiver requests for potential flight test safety impacts
• Conduct periodic safety survey audits and assessments
• Leads and participates in incident investigations and root cause/corrective action analyses
• Leads and facilitates aircraft impound investigations
• Interface with customer and program subject matter experts
• Prepare presentations, analyses, and reports for government/customer safety boards, program design reviews, and test/mission readiness reviews
• Deliver oral and written presentations to peers, program management, senior leadership, customer, and regulatory agencies

Preferred Qualifications

• Level 5: 10 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7+ years of experience in flight and/or ground test
• Prior Test Conductor (TC) or Test Director (TD) experience
• Prior Aviation Safety Officer (ASO) or Aviation Safety Investigator (ASI) experience
• 14+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Experience with DCMA instruction 8210.1, contractor’s flight and ground operations
• Experience in Safety Management Systems training and experience (ICAO Annex 19, FAA 14 CFR Part 5 and/or AC 120-92B)
• Experience with various aircraft systems, flight test operations, test safety, aviation safety programs, test hazard analysis, aviation safety investigations, aviation mishap investigations
• Experienced in communicating and working within a team environment with emphasis on first pass quality
• Experience in accident and incident investigations and root cause corrective action training
• Experience system safety engineering (MIL-STD-882, ARP4761 and DO178B/254)
• Experience with manned aircraft, flying test bed or weapons systems