Senior Principal System Safety Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Senior Principal Software Safety Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL. 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Apply 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)
• Evaluate product systems, associated support equipment, functional specifications and operations to establish safety criteria for assigned systems
• Independently analyze system design, equipment, and procedures for hazards and categorize hazard risks in accordance with MIL_STD-882E.
• Assess implementations for hazard and causal factors to satisfy critical system safety objectives
• Collaborate with various design teams in the execution of various MIL-STD-882E hazard analyses
• Review and prepare engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation for system safety and in support of Airworthiness Certification IAW MIL-HDBK-516
• Review Test Plans and Procedures for safety requirements verification and potential hazardous operations
• Perform hardware/ software safety analyses (Experience in AGILE development)

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline with 8 years of related experience OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of related experience or a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related experience.
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.
• Must have experience with MIL-STD-882
• Must be familiar with analyses like preliminary hazard analyses, function/system/subsystem hazard analyses, fault tree analyses, software system safety analyses and/or safety assessment reports
• Ability to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment, and procedures to mitigate or eliminate hazards
• Experienced in 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering or Computer engineering
• Familiarity with requirements tools such as DOORS, Cameo, CPLM, Safety and Reliability tools such as PTC Windchill Quality Solutions, Agile software tools, JIRA, FISHEYE and/or Confluence
• Experienced in military Flight Safety including Flight Safety Officer / Maintenance Safety / Mishap Investigation Certifications
• 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
• Experience in military aviation"

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Primary Level Salary Range: $118,600.00 - $178,000.00The 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.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.