Staff Engineer, Operational Safety Specialist

What you'll do

• Conduct audits of ground procedures and operational practices across the enterprise to ensure compliance, identify gaps, and drive corrective actions.
• Develop, maintain, and report leading and lagging safety metrics to drive transparency and continuous improvement.
• Own and manage the Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) process, ensuring findings are logged, analyzed, assigned, and closed on schedule.
• Lead the Safety Promotions program, including communications, awareness campaigns, and training touchpoints.
• Lead medium- and lower-priority mishap and near-miss investigations, ensuring proper root cause analysis, documentation, and follow-through.
• Maintain the Operational Risk Registry for the V-BAT platform and coordinate with engineering and operational stakeholders to ensure risks are properly assessed and updated.
• Collaborate with Airworthiness and System Safety teams to align operational and engineering safety efforts.
• Contribute to cross-functional safety reviews, readiness assessments, and operational approval activities.
• Support customer reporting obligations and engagements related to operational safety performance.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, safety, aviation, or related discipline (or equivalent operational experience).
• 3–5+ years of experience in aviation safety, flight or ground operations, UAS operations, or safety management systems.
• Familiarity with SMS principles, operational audits, and mishap investigation processes.
• Ability to work effectively across diverse operational environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency with safety or quality tracking systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly in producing investigation reports and safety summaries.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience supporting UAS flight operations or military/rapid-deployment aviation environments.
• Experience developing safety promotion or training materials.
• Familiarity with risk management frameworks and operational assurance tools.
• Formal training in mishap investigation methodologies (HFACS, TapRooT, RCA).
• Experience with safety data analysis or safety‑related software tools.
• Demonstrated field experience supporting flightline or mission operations.