Sr Systems Engineer - Systems Safety

SNC has led thoughtful and disruptive change in the aerospace and defense industry for the past 60 years and now, we’re applying this tenacity and expertise to the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) mission. Join the SNC-led SAOC team and be a part of exciting and meaningful work to modernize and deliver the next-generation SAOC aircraft trusted by the President, Secretary of Defense and Chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ensure continued critical command, control and communication during national emergencies. If you’re passionate about building the airborne command post of the future, consider SNC for your next mission. Learn more about NC3 and SAOC here.

Are you a bold thinker? We dream big at SNC—advocating the exploration of space, keeping service members safe and creating the systems that keep our world united and sustain our way of living. Join our team! As a Systems Engineer, you will be using your skills and expertise to research, architect, model, simulate, test, certify and improve cutting edge products and services. You'll be developing complex system architectures within contextual modeling platforms, ushering them from operational concept through preliminary and detailed design, simulation, and test using progressive tools. As a cross-functional engineer, you are in charge of system-level ownership of new products and processes through the product lifecycle.

The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries. Learn more about IAS

 

You will be leading a Systems Safety team across the complete life cycle of a major aircraft modification program.  This includes overseeing both FAA and Military Systems Safety arenas, being the subject matter expert for safety engineering design, and direct interaction and engagement with the customer. 

Responsibilities:

• Leading a team and advising Engineering on all aspects of Systems Safety

• Participating in customer meetings at the Senior Leadership level

• Status work activity as a Control Account Manager

• Communicating status of the system safety program to the customer

• Performing qualitative and quantitative system safety analyses that fulfill customer requirements

Must-haves:

• Experience with systems safety processes, both civil and military
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Security, Network Engineering, Information Technology, or related Engineering discipline and typically 10 years of relevant experience
• Experience independently executing functional responsibilities for small to medium sized programs
• Experience applying MIL-STD-882E and/or ARP4761 or similar processes, like NASA/SP-2014-612, to the development of systems, hardware or software
• Experience with creation of a Hazard Tracking System (HTS), Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), System or Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SHA/SSHA), Common Cause Analysis (CCA), and the System Safety Assessment (SSA)
• Experience with qualitative and/or quantitative system safety analysis

Preferred Skills:

• Previous leadership experience: exposure to recruiting employees including assigning, directing and evaluating their work and overseeing the development and maintenance of staff competence
• Ability to independently execute functional responsibilities for large programs
• Software development or coding experience
• Experience using DO-178 and/or DO-254 for design development
• Experience developing software system safety analyses
• Experience with agile development
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using Cameo, Matlab / Simulink or similar
• Experience mitigating safety risk through design changes, fault detection, usage restrictions, and training
• Experience in aircraft systems development
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