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SYSTEM SAFETY ENGINEER (Clearable U.S. Citizen)

Fairfax, VA · Information Technology

Our client is seeking a System Safety Engineer to support the application of safety processes and methodologies to a large, complex, safety-critical system.  

The ideal candidate must have a minimum of five (5) years of professional experience and be familiar with the system development and safety processes contained in SAE ARP4754A and ARP4761.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Identify and apply appropriate safety standards to system development processes and assessments of a safety critical system
  • Verify and validate system safety requirements and their traceability to software and hardware
  • Interface with project systems engineers and design engineers to prepare and review safety documentation and analyses, and report their status to project management
  • Support development of a System Safety Assessment (SSA) and its supporting analyses that include: Fault Tree Analyses (FTA), Common Cause Analyses (CCA) and Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA)
  • Conduct Safety Risk Management (SRM) activities that include hazard identification, assessment, mitigation and tracking.
  • Participate in the project’s System Safety Working Group by way of discussions and presentations with the project customer


REQUIRED:

  • BS degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
  • Minimum of five (5) years of system safety engineering experience
  • Experience with the application of the following development assurance standards: SAE ARP4754A, SAE ARP4761, RTCA DO-178, RTCA DO-278A, and RTCA DO-254
  • Familiar with the application of systems engineering and software development processes to the design, development, integration, test, and verification of complex systems

DESIRED:

  • Two (2) or more years of experience in systems engineering or software engineering  
  • MS degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
  • GNSS (GPS, Galileo) experience
  • Experience with safety and reliability engineering of civil or military aircraft avionics, particularly navigation systems, or other safety-critical equipment
  • Experience working with safety regulators
  • Knowledge of Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability principles, practices, and tools
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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