Castelion
Senior System Safety Engineer
Torrance, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 7, 2026
- Location
- Torrance, CA
19951 Mariner Ave, Torance, CA 90503 - Experience
- 8+ years of relevant or safety-related experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 5+ years with a master’s degree.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in science, engineering, or software discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- The position requires access to export-controlled information; employment is contingent on being able to access applicable information without additional export licensing. A Top-Secret clearance must be obtained and maintained; citizenship or other eligibility requirements may apply if required by the government.
About the job
Leads Castelion’s risk-informed System Safety Program for weapon systems, integrating hazard analysis and practical risk reduction into design, development, testing, and operations.
What you'll do
- Define and improve a tailored System Safety Program aligned with MIL-STD-882E; lead hazard and software safety analyses and track mitigations through verification and closure.
- Embed safety in engineering design, test planning, and operations; provide safety support for ground, live-fire, and flight tests.
- Represent system safety with engineering teams, government customers, and review boards, and develop safety cases and Safety Assessment Reports.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or software discipline with 8+ years of relevant or safety-related experience, or master’s degree in those disciplines with 5+ years.
- Demonstrated experience applying MIL-STD-882E in a tailored, risk-informed manner.
- Experience performing system and software safety analyses for weapon systems or aerospace platforms and supporting military systems through design, development, integration, test, and verification.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with missile systems, hypersonic weapons, or advanced strike systems; flight test or live-fire test safety; or complex embedded software or autonomy-enabled systems.
- Experience presenting safety cases to high-level safety review boards; active Top-Secret clearance; understanding of DoD acquisition, certification, and operational safety environments.
Tools
MIL-STD-882E
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