System Safety Engineer I

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 DoD Secret security clearance is required; an active and existing clearance is required after day one.

About the role

At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, we unite 185,000 great minds 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 onsite role can be located in Woburn, Tewksbury, Marlborough, Andover, MA or Portsmouth, RI.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of the safety strategy for the program to meet all its milestones with system safety features integrated into the product in compliance with contract and awarded funding
• Support the program schedule and integrate system safety tasks and activities into the program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• Engage the Lead System Safety Engineer and Portfolio Engineering Lead for guidance on technical execution, artifact review, attending customer reviews, etc.
• Support multi-IPT program meetings to ensure that system safety items are considered and to understand current program-wide issues
• Ensure program leadership understands system safety requirements, hazards, and planned mitigations
• Analyze engineering software and/or firmware in accordance with MIL-STD-882E, JSSSEH, AOP-52, and other relevant standards
• Work with software development teams to review and analyze embedded software code
• Participate in the execution of the Software System Safety Program
• Interface with various stakeholders, including customers, program offices, subcontractors, and vendors
• Assist with the preparation of Safety Assessment Reports and Safety Program Briefs for customer approval
• Assist with software safety technical reviews
• Interpret system requirements, customer specifications, and military standards
• Collaborate across multiple disciplines to gain a comprehensive understanding of product architecture and design

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
• Less than 2 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience with systems, software or test engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience performing MIL-STD-882 System Safety Program tasks and analyses, involving management (task series 100), analysis (task series 200), evaluation (task series 300), and verification (task series 400)
• Experience preparing internal and customer reports describing various analyses relevant to the System Safety program
• Experience writing technical reports and presentations
• Experience reviewing software code and requirements for safety considerations
• Experience collaborating across multiple disciplines
• Experience interfacing with other engineering functions: Systems Engineering, Software or Firmware Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Hardware Engineering
• Experience managing Working Groups

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 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

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

Pay

The salary range for this role is 57,200 USD - 108,800 USD.