Staff Engineer, Safety
Staff Engineer supporting system-level safety for the X-BAT autonomous aircraft platform. Performs hazard analyses (STPA, FTA, FMEA), derives safety requirements, maintains hazard tracking systems, supports airworthiness certification, and collaborates with engineering, cybersecurity, and DoD teams. Requires 5-8+ years in system safety for mission-critical platforms.
About the job
What you'll do
- Work with System-Safety / Airworthiness Lead to derive, refine, and validate safety requirements for the X-BAT platform and support systems.
- Apply system safety engineering methods (e.g. STPA, SSA, FTA, PHA, FMEA) to analyze subsystems, interfaces, and integrated architectures, identifying hazards and mitigation strategies.
- Guide engineering teams in allocating safety requirements and verifying mitigation effectiveness.
- Support development of the safety case and certification evidence for X-BAT.
- Partner with cybersecurity specialists to develop and validate cybersecurity related safety requirements.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering to audit, refine, and assure the X-BAT Hazard Tracking System, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and closure of hazards.
- Assist in creating, reviewing, and maintaining airworthiness and technical safety documentation for X-BAT.
- Support mishap and near miss investigations for the X-BAT platform, providing technical system-level context.
- Participate in design reviews, safety working groups, and change boards to ensure safety considerations are integrated early in the design lifecycle.
- Contribute to risk assessments and support readiness reviews for test, integration, and operational events.
- Direct engagement with Customer and DoD System Safety representatives and alignment of systems, expectations and analysis.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (systems, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, or related field).
- 5–8+ years of experience in system safety, airworthiness, or mission-critical system engineering.
- Experience generating or maintaining hazard logs (HTS/Hazard Tracking Systems).
- Working knowledge of system safety processes and hazard analysis tools.
- Familiarity with requirements management and hazard tracking systems.
- Strong analytical and technical communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Preferred qualifications
- Prior experience with UAS or autonomous aircraft platforms.
- Experience with MIL-STD-882, ARP-4761, STANAG safety frameworks, or similar.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity requirements for safety-critical systems.
- Experience working in fast-paced development or prototyping environments.
Skills
System Safety, Hazard Analysis, Stpa, Fta, Fmea, Pha, Airworthiness, Mil-Std-882, Arp-4761, Hazard Tracking Systems, Requirements Management, Cybersecurity
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