Senior Systems Safety Engineer

About the role

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose to solve 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. This Senior System Safety Engineer position is onsite and can be located in Woburn, Tewksbury, Marlborough, Andover, or Portsmouth, RI.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement MIL-STD-882E compliant system safety programs and perform associated tasks, analyses, and planning.
• Conduct hazard and design analyses to ensure compliance with system requirements, customer specifications, and military standards.
• Collaborate with customer safety representatives to clarify system requirements and ensure proper allocation to software, hardware, and test personnel.
• Coordinate with customer safety representatives and Safety Review Board authorities to gain safety approval.
• Manage System Safety Working Groups with Raytheon and customer representatives.
• Work across integrated product teams and engineering disciplines (Systems Engineering, Software/Firmware, Electrical, Hardware) to eliminate hazards or implement effective controls.
• Collaborate across multiple disciplines to gain a comprehensive understanding of product architecture and design.
• Support safety efforts from program startup through production, demilitarization, and disposal phases.
• Brief safety considerations and program status during technical reviews and approval processes.
• Prepare internal and customer-facing reports detailing system safety analyses and program status.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required, with an active and existing DoD Secret clearance needed after day 1. The position is subject to DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services processing.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience with System Safety Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software or Firmware Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent Safety Engineering.
• Experience writing technical reports and presentations.

Preferred qualifications:

• Active and transferrable DoD security clearance.
• Experience developing and implementing MIL-STD-882E System Safety Program tasks and analyses (task series 100‑400), including hardware and software safety related tasks.
• Experience with DoD System Safety Programs such as MIL-STD-882 / DO-178.
• Experience reviewing software code and requirements for safety considerations.

Benefits

RTX values Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation