Staff Systems Safety Engineer

About the role

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Systems Safety Engineer with the ability to obtain a security clearance to work with our Specialty Engineering Team out of Woodland Hills, CA. This is a fully onsite position located in Woodland Hills, CA working a 9/80 schedule.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge, methodologies, and principles of safety engineering as defined in MIL-STD-882 and software safety engineering as outlined in the Joint Software System Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH).
• Support development and certification of systems and software to DO-178/DO-254 Standards.
• Prepare System Safety Engineering analysis and Generate documents in accordance with MIL-STD-882E including PHAs, FHAs, SHAs/SSHAs, Bent Pin Analyses, Fault Tree Analyses, and Software System Safety Analyses.
• Identify system safety issues, propose solutions and ensure appropriate action is taken to mitigate safety issues.
• Develop, review, update and approve System Safety Artifacts and System Safety Requirements.
• Document hazards using a closed-loop Hazard Tracking System.
• Communicate project status to the CAM and IPT Lead as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM discipline plus 12 years of relevant experience; Master's degree in STEM discipline plus 10 years of relevant experience; PhD. in STEM discipline plus 8 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to apply system safety engineering principles in accordance with MIL-STD-882 and analyses such as preliminary hazard analyses, function/system/subsystem hazard analyses, fault tree analyses, software system safety analyses and safety assessment reports.
• Experience using DO-178, DO-254 or JSSSEH for design development.
• Ability to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment, and procedures to mitigate or eliminate hazards.
• Ability to develop, review, update and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements.
• Understanding of requirements development, system/software architecture, hardware/software design, software code implementation, test, verification, and validation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership and customers.

Qualifications

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance is required.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Skills

• Familiarity with requirements tools such as DOORS, Cameo, PLM Systems.
• Experience with Safety and Reliability tools such as PTC Windchill Quality Solutions, Agile software tools, JIRA, and/or Confluence.
• Led a team in software safety processes in Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase.
• Extensive expertise in the application of Military systems safety and process standards and their Industry equivalent such as: MIL-STD-882, DO-178B/C, DO-248, DO-254, ARP-4754, ARP-4761, MIL-HDBK-516C, etc.
• Experience in Agile and with Model Based Systems Engineering.
• Possess active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.

Benefits

This position is contingent on program award. Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.