Senior Principal Safety Systems Engineer

Description

The Baltimore and Partnered Sites division of the company's Mission Systems Engineering and Sciences group is hiring a Senior Principal Safety Systems Engineer for its team of skilled, varied engineers.

The company builds large, technically advanced systems, and the team wants engineers who bring new ideas and enjoy working through hard problems.

The company has about 90,000 employees across all 50 states and more than 27 countries.

The role is based in Linthicum, MD, and is fully on-site.

Responsibilities

• Build and run a system safety program that follows MIL-STD-882.
• Carry out system safety analyses so that risks are found, reported, tracked and reduced to a tolerable level.
• Write up system safety analysis results as formal reports for contract deliverables.
• Present system safety results to internal and external customers and at major milestone reviews.
• Lead technical work in system safety engineering and help steer sound systems engineering across programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience, master's degree with 6 years, or PhD with 4 years, in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related technical field. An extra 4 years of experience may be considered in place of a degree.
• US citizen.
• Hold an active DoD Secret clearance now.
• Be able to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
• Experience applying system safety engineering under MIL-STD-882E, JSSSEH, the JS-SSA Implementation Guide, ARP-4761/DO-178/254, or other relevant standards.
• Experience running hazard analyses such as PHA, SRHA, FHA, SHA, SSHA, O&SHA and FTA.
• Experience writing or developing safety analysis plans and reports such as SSPP, SAR, HMMPR and HMMP.
• Experience using a Hazard Tracking System (HTS).
• Preferred: advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or another related technical field.
• Preferred: active DoD Top Secret clearance or higher.
• Preferred: Certification as a Safety Professional (CSP) or an equivalent certification.
• Preferred: implementing software safety protocols on complex systems.
• Preferred: presenting at SSSTRP/WSERB Board reviews.
• Preferred: working on DoD system safety programs across every phase of the systems engineering lifecycle.
• Preferred: briefing system safety analysis at design reviews such as SRR, SFR, PDR or CDR.
• Preferred: using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods.
• Preferred: working with Safety Management Systems.
• Preferred: RF and/or laser safety analysis.
• Preferred: CAI/CSI identification and analysis.

Conditions

Start depends on contract award, transfer of an active DoD Secret clearance and the ability to obtain Special Program Access.

A Secret clearance is required to start.

Travel is about 10% of the time.

Work is 100% on-site in Linthicum, MD.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Base salary range is $123,400.00 to $185,000.00. This is a general guideline, and offers depend on the scope of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, and current market conditions.

Applications are estimated to stay open for 20 days from the posting date, but this may be shortened or extended based on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Benefits

• Health insurance, a savings plan, paid time off for vacation and personal business, and company paid holidays.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Education assistance and training and development.
• 9/80 work schedule where available.
• Depending on the position, possible overtime pay, shift differential and a discretionary annual bonus that rewards individual contributions and shared company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for long-term incentives.