Operational Safety Lead - Defense

The role

You will create tools to help operational teams evaluate and mitigate safety risks. You will serve as the authority for accepting operational safety risk for ground, maritime, and flight test projects.

What you will do

• Set company safety requirements
• Work with vertical leaders to ensure SOPs support safety requirements
• Aid in evaluating risks for each project
• Serve as an impartial arbitrator of risk for projects
• Stay informed of regulatory guidance and industry best practices
• Disseminate new information and ensure policy compliance
• Provide direct input to operators, test engineers, and aircrew via safety stand-downs and training
• Collaborate with testing organizations to develop and approve Test Risk Analyses Worksheets
• Coordinate with Test Engineers for test plan reviews and operational briefings
• Lead periodic reviews of operational safety plans

Required qualifications

• 7 + years industry experience
• Bachelor's Degree
• Graduate of a certified test pilot school or at least 10 years of testing experience to include leading test teams
• Maintenance, experimental, developmental, or production test experience
• Experience handling ordinance
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must have an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

Nice to have

• FAA Part 107 license (or better)
• 100 hours minimum PIC for Part 107
• 8 years of aviation, 4 years of aviation safety experience
• Experience working with government test teams and navigating government Safety Review Boards
• Advanced degrees

About the company

Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical AI. It services automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries.