Job Description
You will be the System Safety Engineer (SSE) for the Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control (LMMFC) product line. Our team safeguards every system and subsystem we deliver, ensuring they are safe for the warfighter and fully compliant with MIL STD 882 and contract requirements.
What You Will Be Doing
As the System Safety Engineer (SSE) you will be the primary safety advocate, applying system safety engineering techniques to identify and eliminate hazards across hardware, software, training, and procedures. Your responsibilities will include:
• Developing and maintaining hazard analyses and software safety assessments for the end item and its subsystems.
• Creating hazardous material management plans and executing them throughout the program lifecycle.
• Recommending safety critical features, controls, and design criteria that mitigate or eliminate identified risks.
• Writing, reviewing, and delivering safety documentation, briefings, and presentations for technical reviews, customer briefings, and independent safety boards.
• Leading System Safety Working Group (SSWG) meetings and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers and customers.
• Flowing down system safety requirements to suppliers and verifying their implementation in designs.
• Assisting in requirements development, verification, and validation of safety related functions.
• Reviewing specifications, design changes, and technical documentation for potential safety impacts.
• Supporting test range and operational safety requirements, and helping design test activities that demonstrate compliance.
• Contributing to accident investigations, identifying root causes, and driving corrective action plans.
• Working independently while leveraging the broader safety organization for mentorship and expertise when needed.
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in an engineering discipline
• Experience developing and implementing a System Safety Program IAW MIL-STD-882
• Developing and evaluating system safety requirements
• Working knowledge of MIL-STD-882 and its associated analyses
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Interacts well in a team atmosphere with engineers, suppliers, program managers and customers
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance
Desired skills
• Experience supporting independent government Safety Review Boards
• Knowledge of Human Factors Engineering
• Familiarity with missile and launcher systems
• Secret clearance with current 6-year background check
• Model-based engineering knowledge
• Experience with DOORS requirements application
• Candidate should be a self-starter capable of performing tasks with little direction
• Effective analytical problem solving skills, the ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high degree of accuracy
• Able to learn and work with System Safety specific software tools
• Experience with Range Safety Officers and/or Flight Test Support
Ability to work remotely
Part-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work part of their work schedule remotely and part of their work schedule at a designated Lockheed Martin facility. The specific weekly schedule will be discussed during the hiring process.
Work Schedule Information
Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.
National Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $73,400 - $129,260. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
(Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
Premium Pay Statement
Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $84,300 - $146,165. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays.
This position is incentive plan eligible.
