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Northrop Grumman

Principal Systems Safety Engineer

Northrop Grumman, San Diego, California, United States, 92189


Requisition ID: R10179484 Category:

Engineering Location:

San Diego, California, United States of America Clearance Type:

Secret Telecommute:

Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position Shift:

1st Shift (United States of America) Travel Required:

Yes, 10% of the Time Relocation Assistance:

Relocation assistance may be available Positions Available:

1 At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Systems Safety Engineer based out of Rancho Bernardo, CA. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment, shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation. What you get to do!

Applies knowledge, methodologies, and principles of safety engineering as defined in MIL-STD-882E and Software Safety engineering as defined in the Joint Software System Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH). Reviews product systems, associated support equipment and facilities, functional specifications and operations, and establishes safety requirements for assigned systems. Independently analyzes and recommends safety criteria in system design, equipment, and procedures to control or eliminate hazards. Develops and evaluates systems, associated support equipment and facilities, networks, and information systems to ensure designs meet applicable safety specifications and standards. Collaborates with various design teams in the execution of MIL-STD-882E hazard analyses. Applies engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, test, or evaluate military systems. Reviews and prepares engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation for system safety and in support of Airworthiness Certification IAW MIL-HDBK-516. Evaluates integration and test anomalies and assists in the disposition and correction of issues found for safety. Reviews architecture, requirements, and interface artifacts for safety on complex hardware/software systems. Reviews Test Plans and Procedures for safety requirements verification and potential hazardous operations. Performs Safety requirements verification and selloff including development of verification plans. Develops requirements and designs of complex aeronautical systems, including performing requirements traceability and assessing implementations for hazard and causal factors to satisfy critical system safety objectives. Performs hardware/software safety (Experience in AGILE development). Supports system integration and test of complex aeronautical systems. Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with at least 5 years of experience OR Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of experience. Familiar with requirements development, system/software architecture, hardware/software design, software code implementation, test, verification, and validation. Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership and customers and work independently. Demonstrated ability to develop, review, update, and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements. Current or ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance or higher within 12 months of start of employment. Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet business needs. Preferred Qualifications:

BS in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering. An active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation). Familiarity with requirements tools such as DOORS, Safety and Reliability tools such as PTC Windchill Quality Solutions, Agile software tools, JIRA, FISHEYE, and/or Confluence. Strong working knowledge of Military systems safety and process standards and their Industry equivalent such as: MIL-STD-882, DO-178B/C, DO-248, DO-254, ARP-4754, ARP-4761, MIL-HDBK-516C, etc. Working knowledge of flight test engineering, Software systems integration engineering, and software test engineering. Working knowledge of detect and avoid systems and associated process standards such as DO-365. Experience in Hardware/Software Integration. System Safety experience in the aerospace and defense Industry. Experience in military aviation. Salary Range:

$107,300 - $160,900 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions. Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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