Advanced Design and Development R&D Systems Safety Engineer - Staff

Description

Cirrus Aircraft’s Mission is to deliver an aviation experience that is the pinnacle of innovation, quality, and safety to our customers. Cirrus Aircraft is the recognized global leader in personal aviation and the maker of the best-selling SR Series piston aircraft and the Vision Jet™, the world’s first single engine Personal Jet and recipient of the 2017 Robert J. Collier Trophy. Founded in 1984, the company has redefined performance, comfort and safety in aviation with innovations like the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®) – the first FAA-certified whole-airframe parachute safety system included as standard equipment on an aircraft. To date, worldwide flight time on Cirrus aircraft has passed nine million hours and over 170 people have returned home safely to their families as a result of the inclusion of CAPS® as a standard feature on all Cirrus aircraft. Find out more at cirrusaircraft.com.

Cirrus offers a competitive benefits package and is dedicated to the advancement of general aviation. The Cirrus Flying Club offers employees and their family members the unique opportunity to obtain their private pilot’s license in the comfort of a Cirrus or rent a Cirrus for an impromptu adventure at a greatly reduced rate.  We are committed to investing in the future of our employees and company by offering professional development and career progression opportunities and we engage employees by offering several employee and family events throughout the year, as well as the opportunity to take part in activity clubs and community events.

Job Summary

The R&D Systems Safety Engineer is primarily responsible for systems safety analyses of various aircraft systems in the early stages of development to inform architectural decisions and design requirements. The R&D Systems Safety Engineer is a key member of a high-performing team that utilizes a holistic development approach for complex systems in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment. The ideal candidate resonates with visionary projects and thrives in abstract environments.

Duties and Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Collaborate with system architects in a model-based systems engineering environment (e.g. MATLAB System Composer) to develop protective strategies, fail-safe concepts, and architectural attributes that ensure product safety.
• Lead, plan and perform reliability and safety analyses for trade studies of alternative design concepts.
• Perform Functional Hazard Assessments (FHAs) and Preliminary System Safety Assessments (PSSA) for advanced projects.
• Capture and validate maintainability, reliability, and safety requirements.
• Perform Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), using CAFTA or equivalent, and Common Cause Analyses (CCAs) of electrical and/or mechanical systems (ref. SAE ARP4761).
• Perform Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) of electrical and/or mechanical assemblies per MIL-STD-1629A, SAE ARP4761, RIAC FMD-2013, RIAC NPRD-2011, NSWC-11, RIAC Reliability Toolkit, and/or equivalent.
• Perform System Safety Assessments (SSAs)
• Review supplier safety deliverables for completeness and accuracy (i.e. FTA, FHA, FMEA, reliability predictions, SSA).
• Refine system safety review processes, in cooperation with Experiment Flight Test, for prototype designs on flight test aircraft.
• Participate in safety of flight (SOF) determinations.
• General familiarity with system, software and complex electronic hardware development processes (e.g. ARP4754A, RTCA/DO-178, RTCA/DO-254)
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and their implications to system safety and certification (e.g. artificial intelligence).
• Develop tasks and procedures for flight crew and periodic maintenance requirements in accordance with regulation.
• Support investigations of in-service reliability and/or safety issues.
• Manages relationships and personalities with the ability to collaborate and maintain successful team member relationships.
• Communicates and resolves project constraints collaboratively. Escalates as needed.
• Regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Travel requirements estimated at 10%.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field
• 10 years