Safety Engineer

About the role

i3 is seeking a Safety Engineer to support the Launched Effects Product Office. This position will provide system safety, risk management, and technical engineering support for cutting-edge Launched Effects systems that enhance lethality, survivability, and situational awareness for Soldiers.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of comprehensive system safety activities across Army Uncrewed Launched Effects platforms.
• Safety engineering efforts throughout the product life cycle, including prototyping, development, testing, qualification, production, fielding, product improvement, and sustainment.
• Perform risk management tasks, risk analyses, hazard identification and classification, hazard tracking, and evaluation of mitigation and corrective actions as part of the overall engineering and acquisition effort.
• Ensure system safety is considered during all phases of Defense Acquisition and support the successful delivery of high-reliability systems in a fast-paced, innovative product office environment.
• Collaborate with project engineers, systems engineers, quality assurance personnel, government offices, contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders to support safe, effective, and efficient delivery of Launched Effects capabilities to the warfighter.
• Provide technical support and leadership on safety-related matters and evaluate safety documentation, risk products, system safety analyses, and contractor safety processes for technical competence, completeness, and accuracy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and at least five (5) years of relevant safety engineering, systems engineering, aviation, defense, acquisition, or technical program experience.
• Experience supporting system safety, risk management, hazard analysis, or safety assessment activities.
• Experience supporting safety activities for complex defense, aviation, UAS, missile, launched effects, or related technical systems.
• Experience with risk management tasks, risk analyses, hazard identification, hazard classification, and hazard tracking.
• Ability to evaluate mitigation and corrective actions for safety effectiveness.
• Understanding of system safety activities across the acquisition life cycle.
• Ability to support development, testing, qualification, production, fielding, product improvement, or sustainment activities.
• Ability to evaluate contractor safety products, plans, processes, analyses, and documentation.
• Ability to prepare, review, or support technical, safety, and risk documentation.
• Ability to coordinate with engineering, quality, program management, contracting, government, and contractor stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong organizational, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and task management skills.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance is required.

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to clearly communicate safety, engineering, risk, and technical information in discussions, documents, and briefings.
• Ability to interact professionally with customers, staff, contractors, vendors, government personnel, and stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize multiple technical tasks.
• Ability to work well under pressure while maintaining professionalism.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and logical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to evaluate system-level technical information and recommend practical safety solutions.
• Ability to support rapid innovation while maintaining disciplined system safety practices.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Initiative and willingness to support a rapidly evolving Launched Effects, UAS, safety, engineering, and acquisition environment.

Benefits

• Long-term financial security.
• Higher job satisfaction.
• Greater job security.
• Personal and professional growth.
• Great company culture.