Systems Engineer - Safety Engineer

Position Details

Identify system and operational safety hazards
Analyze hazards using techniques such as fault trees, event trees, reliability analyses, and FMEA
Prepare qualitative and quantitative safety risk assessments
Analyze historical accident and prototype system failure data to support risk assessments
Identify existing and recommended hazard controls and other system safety requirements needed to reduce safety risk
Develop models and simulations as needed to validate system safety requirements
Prepare safety hazard analysis reports
Evaluate vendor system design concepts for additional safety hazards and incorporation of safety hazard controls
Evaluate vendor test plans and procedures and recommend test approaches and tools to ensure that system safety requirements are sufficiently verified
Identify requirements for long-term monitoring and tracking of safety hazards throughout the system life cycle

10+ years experiences in system safety engineering
M.S. in Safety Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Engineering Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computational Sciences, or related discipline
Strong background in probability and statistics

Certified Safety Professional (CSP) designation by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals or Professional Engineer (P.E.) License
Familiarity with RTCA DO-178B Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification and DO-278 Guidelines for Communication, Navigation, Surveillance, and Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) Systems Software Integrity Assurance
Familiarity with air traffic control systems, aircraft avionics systems, and GPS
Experience using Isograph’s Fault Tree Plus
Familiarity with FAA’s Safety Management System