Principal System Safety Engineer

What you'll do

• Conduct independent, end-to-end safety assessments and prepare programs for government safety certification.
• Set enterprise safety philosophy, risk acceptance standards, and analytical approaches, including for emerging autonomous and AI/ML-enabled systems.
• Advise programs and leadership, negotiate safety criteria with customers and authorities, and develop safety engineering talent.

What they ask for

• At least 15 years of industry experience as a System Safety Engineer or equivalent engineering background.
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
• Direct experience with government safety review boards, including building and presenting safety cases and achieving board approval.
• Expert knowledge of MIL-STD-882E and safety analysis techniques including FTA, FHA, SCFTA, and FMECA.

Nice to have

• M.S. or Ph.D. in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent technical discipline.
• AI/ML and autonomy safety experience, including run-time assurance; experience with Relyence, Teamcenter, JIRA, JAMA, Cameo, and/or Ansys.

Pay

$253,000 — $336,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

MIL-STD-882E, Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH), FTA, FHA, SCFTA, FMECA, Relyence, Teamcenter

AI focus

Pioneer analysis and verification approaches for autonomous and AI/ML-enabled systems; preferred experience includes AI/ML and autonomy safety, run-time assurance, and the safety implications of DoD autonomous weapon system policy.