Systems Safety Engineer

The role

You will drive system-level safety decisions and lead complex failure investigations. You will work across the product development lifecycle to ensure products are safe and meet mission, environmental, and customer requirements.

What you will do

• Execute System Safety program plans aligned with MIL-STD-882E and program-specific requirements
• Conduct safety analyses including FHA, Fault Tree Analysis, SCFTA, FMECA, and System Safety Assessments
• Develop safety requirements and collaborate with design teams to implement safety solutions
• Identify and document hazards and risks and manage hazard tracking
• Support the Design Requirements Process to ensure teams adhere to safety best practices
• Support Development Milestone Reviews (PDR, CDR, QDR) representing System Safety
• Lead Safety corrective actions from RCCA investigations and Mishap Reports
• Verify and validate risk and hazard reduction measures
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and support customer and regulatory engagements
• Drive continuous improvement in System Safety processes and methodologies

Required qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience as a System Safety Engineer or equivalent engineering background
• B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
• Experience with safety-critical hardware and software systems in the defense or aerospace industry
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-882E and other relevant safety standards
• Strong background in safety analysis techniques including FTA, FHA, SCFTA, and FMECA
• Experience with requirements decomposition for Safety
• Failure investigation/analysis experience with a proven track record of solving problems and preventing reoccurrence
• Design Review experience (PDR, CDR, MRR)
• Confident presentation skills
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Nice to have

• M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
• Experience or familiarity with ARP-4754, ARP-4761, MIL-STD-516C, and JSSSEH
• Experience with Relyence, Teamcenter, JIRA, JAMA, Cameo, and/or Ansys
• Software safety case development experience
• Experience with risk management, change control/change management reviews, and software/firmware HITL/SITL
• AI/ML software safety experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.