Overview
Senior System Safety Engineer
LOCATION: Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH
JOB STATUS: Full-time
CLEARANCE: Active Secret Clearance
TRAVEL: 10%
Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior System Safety Engineer supporting the Agile Weapons Division (AFLCMC/EBX) at Eglin AFB, FL. This division is resposible for acquiring dominant strike weapon capabilities with speed and agility through transformative digital acquisition and open architecture approaches.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an ABET accredited university and 5 years of relevant technical experience; OR Master's Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and 3 years of relevant technical experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support engineering activities across all acquisition phases; including requirements development, architecture design, implementation, integration, verification/validation (V&V), transition planning, and configuration, interface, and risk management.
- Lead system safety program activities including hazard identification, system safety analyses, design tradeoff evaluations, configuration control for safetysignificant changes, participation in test/flight readiness events, and interpretation of safety standards and requirements.
- Apply deep knowledge of MILSTD882, MILSTD1316, DoD munitions safety processes (NNMSB, WSESRB), AFI 63104, and safetyrelated acquisition documentation (SEPs, SSAs, PESHEs, LCSPs); manage system safety artifacts and ensure disciplined, organized safety program execution.
- Assist with and maintain required engineering documentation; support and execute technical reviews, audits, and interchange meetings (CDR, MRA, TIMs), including development of technical artifacts, entry/exit criteria, and written reporting for systems reviews.
- Review armament program portfolios, assess alternative technical approaches, evaluate designs and test results, manage and sustain technical baselines, and support or perform systemlevel testing to ensure subsystem and system performance meets approved specifications.
- Prepare technical reports, presentations, validation criteria, and procedures; analyze engineering results for major weapon systems; and support acquisition, development, integration, sustainment, deployment/fielding, installation, and operational oversight activities.
- Conduct engineering and programmatic trade studies addressing performance, producibility, reliability, maintainability, lifecycle cost, schedule, and risk; support IPTs through technical analyses, documentation, studies, evaluations, and recommendations.
- Support proposal and requirements analyses by reviewing ICDs, CDDs, CPDs, AoAs, MUAs, CONOPS, Technology Development Strategies, and FCAs/PCAs; provide technical assessments of feasibility, compatibility, and costeffectiveness.
