Job DescriptionBAE Space Systems is seeking a Safety Engineer in our Colorado Springs, CO office.
This role reviews product systems, associated support equipment and facilities, functional specifications and operations, and establishes safety requirements for assigned systems. The engineer independently analyzes and recommends safety criteria in system design, equipment, and procedures to control or eliminate hazards.
They develop safety documents as required to support customer and test/operational range requirements, perform audits of operational areas, and report the effectiveness of the system safety program. Additionally, the role involves participating in accident investigations involving damage to products or related facilities and assisting in the identification of causes and corrective actions. The Safety Engineer evaluates the interrelationship of system safety requirements and other aspects of concept design and development requirements to ensure the most cost-effective program.
Required Skills and Education- Must have an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope.
- Educational background in Safety Engineering, or related field from an accredited university, and at least 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor of Science; OR at least 3 Years of relevant experience with a master's degree; OR 1 Year with a PhD degree.
- 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.
- Familiarity with safety requirements compliance with MIL-STD-1472H, AFMAN standards for program execution
- Demonstrated ability in the application of MIL-STD-882E to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment and procedures to mitigate or eliminate hazards
- Experience documenting hazards with a closed-loop Hazard Tracking System (HTS)
- Ability to apply system safety engineering principles to develop safety documentation in accordance with MIL-STD-882E, e.g., SSPP, SAR, and Software Safety Analyses
- Familiarity with requirements development, system/software architecture, hardware/software design, software code implementation, test, verification and validation
- Demonstrated ability to develop, review, update and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements
- Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership and customers and work independently
- Cross-IPT Collaboration
- Expertise with MS Office tool suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
- Willingness to travel 10% of the time for business needs
- Standard work schedule is a 9/80 fully onsite
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Preferred Skills and Education- Familiarity with MBSE Modeling (Cameo Enterprise Architecture)
- Familiarity with Radar systems and operations
- Familiarity in Agile methodology (Kanban, Scrum, etc.)
- Familiarity with Familiarity with Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, etc.)
- Familiarity with SharePoint
- Experience in fast-paced work environment
- Experience with system engineering processes and tools (DOORS preferred)
- Experience in system modeling tools (i.e., CORE, Rhapsody, PTC Integrity Modeler, Cameo)
- Working Knowledge of military system safety and process standards and their industry equivalent, e.g., MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-1472, ASTM, ANSI, OSHA, PESHE, NFPA, FCC
