Safety Engineer

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Safety Engineer to join our Engineering Team in Grand Prairie, TX. In this role, you will work in a close relationship with the project team, architects and designers to help execute all aspects related to safety and reliability. You will also ensure that Airbus products are developed, designed, produced and supported according to state-of-art and the relevant safety standards.

Meet the Team:

Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you’re interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.

Your Working Environment:

A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.

How we care for you:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges:

Safety Analysis:  70%

• Analyze system architectures, systems and subsystems concerning safety, failure cases and hazards
• Check design characteristics to reach safety performance for all kind of helicopter applications
• Support the systems installation inside the aircraft to reduce risks of cascading failure, fire or risks in case of collision with birds.
• Drive design and architectures to secure programs success
• Define, if needed, recommendation to modify the flight manual for operational safety
• Challenge components and system suppliers to ensure a design fulfilling safety / reliability requirements
• Produce reports regarding analysis performed

Certification activities:  30%

• Support demonstration to official services (FAA/EASA, Customer’s own Airworthiness Authority) that safety objectives of the regulations are met in order to contribute to the certification / qualification.
• Support the airworthiness and project team in the design choice and certification / qualification strategy
• Support the development of certification / qualification packages including certification plans, compliance checklists, and conformity inspection plans
• Coordinate with FAA DERs and ODA Unit Members or other applicable authority representatives in support of certificatio