Principal System Safety Engineer

About the role

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world's most complex problems. Raytheon's System Safety / Human System Integration (HSI) Department ensures product safety by identifying hazards, assessing risks, and implementing solutions to protect people, hardware, and the environment. Leveraging rigorous engineering principles, the team integrates safety into every phase of the system lifecycle, enhancing reliability and safeguarding our warfighters. As a Principal System Safety Engineer, you will be accountable for the establishment and execution of major safety programs. The Safety Lead is a technical expert in missile safety as well as a project manager who establishes and monitors safety program execution, leads program safety teams, and interfaces with program & functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement MIL-STD-882E compliant system safety programs, including management, analysis, evaluation, and verification tasks; interpret system requirements, customer specifications, and military standards to recommend compliance strategies to program leadership
• Create and manage safety strategies, integrate tasks into the Program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), and ensure compliance with contract and funding requirements; oversee safety budgets and execution, including Earned Value Management (EVM) and coordination with CAMs, IPTLs, and product owners; provide mentorship to early-career safety engineers
• Proactively engage in design change boards (e.g., engineering review boards, configuration control boards) to assess impacts on safety programs; coordinate and lead System Safety Working Groups with internal and external stakeholders, including government customers; collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to identify and mitigate risks, ensure hazard elimination, and implement effective controls
• Conduct safety analyses of engineering designs, hardware, mechanical/electrical drawings, schematics, and system requirements to ensure fault tolerance and safety compliance; address safety-related interactions with suppliers and subcontractors
• Manage safety considerations across all lifecycle phases, including design, integration/testing, flight test, production, field operations, returns, demilitarization, and disposal
• Innovate and implement improved safety solutions and identify best practices to enhance the organization's overall safety culture

Requirements

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience developing and implementing MIL-STD-882E System Safety Program tasks and analyses
• Experience writing technical reports and presentations
• Experience briefing safety status to safety approval authority at technical reviews, to safety review boards, and/or to others as part of the safety approval process
• Experience managing or owning a safety program
• Active and transferable Top Secret/SCI U.S. government issued security clearance required prior to start date; U.S. citizenship required (only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance)

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with program tasks and analyses across all MIL-STD-882E task series: management (100), analysis (200), evaluation (300), and verification (400), including hardware and software safety related tasks
• Experience briefing at military safety review boards
• Experience with system and software safety implementation in Agile Development environments
• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and Proposal Development
• Experience interfacing with Human Systems Integration showcasing execution of Human Factors Engineering tasking involving MIL-STD-1472
• Experience with Engineering Change Proposals, Engineering Review Boards, and System Safety Working Groups

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• Parental leave
• Paid time off and holidays
• Eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (dependent on position level and collective-bargaining agreement coverage; payments not guaranteed and based on individual, business unit, and company performance)

Pay

Salary range: 107,500 USD – 204,500 USD (good faith estimate representative of all experience levels; final offer considers role, function, responsibilities, candidate experience, location, education/training, and key skills).

Schedule & location

Onsite role in McKinney, TX (513WM, 2501 W University Dr, Wing M Building). Relocation eligible.

Security clearance

Active and transferable TS/SCI U.S. government issued security clearance required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship required. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS) handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. Candidates may be asked to attend select interview steps in-person at an RTX office location regardless of role designation.