System Analysis Engineer

About the role

The High Availability Architecture Group within the Systems Engineering directorate is seeking a System Safety Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Conducting System Safety Analyses that inform one another across the Systems Engineering lifecycle including STPA, FHAs, FMECAs/HAZOPs, FTAs, Component Criticality Analyses (CCAs), and Human Error Assessments
• On-time delivery and maturation of System Safety work packages such as: Hazard Analysis Traceability | Safety Requirements | Safety Architecture | Off-Nominal & Contingency scenarios | Anomaly Management policies
• Socializing and demystifying System Safety, NWSS, Range Safety, Environmental Safety, and Personnel Safety best practices and techniques to internal cross-disciplinary stakeholders such as: System Architecture | Avionics | Software | Hardware design teams
• Advocating for System Safety best practices, to internal and external stakeholders & customers to maintain a healthy safety culture
• Assessing technical data packages for compliance with System Safety processes and strategies
• Quick turn application of critical thinking for problem framing, analyzing, and synthesizing complex problems qualitatively and quantitatively
• Documenting insights, findings, lessons learned, and maintaining a knowledge base of contributions within Draper’s collaborative Digital Engineering tool suite
• Develop, execute and track the performance of security & safety measures to protect mission critical embedded systems across diverse business areas
• Define and Mature System Safety artifacts to inform system requirements and disambiguate criticality
• Define and document system security requirements and recommend solutions to management
• Monitor systems for irregular behavior and set up preventive and responsive measures
• Plan, develop, implement and update System Safety campaign
• Educate and train staff on System Safety design principles and best practices
• Take ownership of assignments and guide others as needed; successfully lead tasks while tracking priorities, scope, cost and schedule
• Derive plans and approaches to solving complex problems across a program lifecycle, capturing all assumptions and adapting appropriately to changes in requirements with limited direction
• Independently contribute high quality content for technical reports and presentations which shows an understanding of their task and an awareness of the intended audience
• Demonstrates both confidence and success when presenting technical information during meetings with internal and external stakeholders
• Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies for them
• Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Bachelor's degree requires 5-10 years' experience of working on System Safety Engineer or other relevant position.
• Master's degree requires 3-5 years' experience of working on System Safety Engineer or other relevant position.
• Experienced Systems Engineer
• Proficiency applying System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) to industry challenge problems
• Proficiency with Model-based System Engineering toolkits, such as Cameo/MagicDraw, Doors/DoorsNG, Jama Connect for the purposes of hazard & causal modeling and rapid impact & gap analysis for validation
• An astute understanding of Software Safety and the application of the DoD Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH) for flight software qualification and certification
• Experience documenting compliance towards parent specifications and standards (i.e.: MIL-STD-882, JSSSEH, FOD Policy, NWSS Safety Critical Functions, Range Safety, FAA, SP-2014-612 V1.0 NASA System Safety Handbook, and ISO 14620-1:2018 Space Systems Safety Requirements)
• Experience integrating vulnerability remediation, risk mitigation, and incident response, failure review, and corrective action within the Systems Engineering process
• Experience drafting innovative R&D proposals to commercial and government sponsors

Skills

• FMECA | Fault Tree | Attack Surface Modeling | Threat Modeling | Vulnerability Remediation | Criticality Analysis for embedded systems
• Curious-driven approach to solving complex, industry and customer-driven problems as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members. Program leadership, and non-technical personnel
• Team player able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands

Prior Experience

• Experienced Systems Engineer
• Proficiency applying System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) to industry challenge problems
• Proficiency with Model-based System Engineering toolkits, such as Cameo/MagicDraw, Doors/DoorsNG, Jama Connect for the purposes of hazard & causal modeling and rapid impact & gap analysis for validation
• An astute understanding of Software Safety and the application of the DoD Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH) for flight software qualification and certification
• Experience documenting compliance towards parent specifications and standards (i.e.: MIL-STD-882, JSSSEH, FOD Policy, NWSS Safety Critical Functions, Range Safety, FAA, SP-2014-612 V1.0 NASA System Safety Handbook, and ISO 14620-1:2018 Space Systems Safety Requirements)
• Experience integrating vulnerability remediation, risk mitigation, and incident response, failure review, and corrective action within the Systems Engineering process
• Experience drafting innovative R&D proposals to commercial and government sponsors