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Principal Systems Safety EngineerNorthrop Grumman • San Diego, CA, United States
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Principal Systems Safety Engineer

Principal Systems Safety Engineer

Northrop Grumman • San Diego, CA, United States
8 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE : Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE : Secret

TRAVEL : Yes, 10% of the Time

  • Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Systems Safety Engineer based out of Rancho Bernardo, CA. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

  • What you get to do!
  • Applies knowledge, methodologies and principles of safety engineering as defined in MIL-STD-882E and Software Safety engineering as defined in the Joint Software System Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH)
  • Reviews product systems, associated support equipment and facilities, functional specifications and operations, and establishes safety requirements for assigned systems
  • Independently analyzes and recommends safety criteria in system design, equipment and procedures to control or eliminate hazards
  • Develops and evaluates systems, associated support equipment and facilities, networks and information systems to ensure designs meet applicable safety specifications and standards
  • Collaborate with various design teams in the execution of various MIL-STD-882E hazard analyses
  • Applies engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, test, or evaluate military systems
  • Reviews and prepares engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation for system safety and in support of Airworthiness Certification IAW MIL-HDBK-516
  • Evaluate integration and test anomalies and assist disposition and correction of issues found for safety
  • Reviews architecture, requirements and interface artifacts for safety on complex hardware / software systems
  • Reviews Test Plans and Procedures for safety requirements verification and potential hazardous operations
  • Perform Safety requirements verification and selloff including development of verification plans
  • Develops requirements and designs of complex aeronautical systems, including but not limited to, performing requirements traceability, assess implementations for hazard and causal factors to satisfy critical system safety objectives
  • Perform hardware / software safety (Experience in AGILE development)
  • Support system integration and test of complex aeronautical systems
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  • Benefit Statements :
  • We offer flexible work arrangements, 9 / 80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

    Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself. Every ERG is inclusive of all employees!

  • Basic Qualifications :
  • Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with at least 5 years of experience OR Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of experience
  • Familiar with requirements development, system / software architecture, hardware / software design, software code implementation, test, verification and validation
  • Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership and customers and work independently
  • Demonstrated ability to develop, review, update and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements
  • Current or ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance or higher within 12-month of start of employment
  • Must have ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet business needs
  • Preferred Qualifications :
  • BS in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer engineering
  • An active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
  • Familiarity with requirements tools such as DOORS, Safety and Reliability tools such as PTC Windchill Quality Solutions, Agile software tools, JIRA, FISHEYE and / or Confluence
  • Strong working knowledge of Military systems safety and process standards and their Industry equivalent such as : MIL-STD-882, DO-178B / C, DO-248, DO-254, ARP-4754, ARP-4761, MIL-HDBK-516C, etc.
  • Working knowledge of flight test engineering, Software systems integration engineering, and software test engineering
  • Working knowledge of detect and avoid systems and associated process standards such as DO-365
  • Experience in Hardware / Software Integration
  • System Safety experience in an aerospace and defense Industry
  • Experience in military aviation
  • Salary Range : $107,300.00 - $160,900.00

    The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

    Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and / or personal business.

    The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

    Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http : / / www.northropgrumman.com / EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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