Job Description

Description

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, youll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

The Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a System Safety Engineer.

The candidate will be expected to support tasks involving System Safety which may include:

- 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 safety documents as required to support customer and test/operational range requirements.

- Participates in accident investigations involving damage to products or related facilities and assists in identification of causes and corrective actions.

- Evaluates the interrelationship of system safety requirements and other aspects of concept design and development requirements to ensure the most cost effective program.

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Qualification

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree from an ABET accredited university inSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 5+ years ofEngineering/Systems Safety experience OR

- Master's degree from an ABET accredited university in STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 3+ years ofEngineering/Systems Safety experience OR

- PhD from an ABET accredited university in STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline

Candidate must have, and be able to maintain, at least ONEof the following active U.S. Government security clearances:

- Dept. of Defense Top Secret level with a backgroundinvestigation date within 6 years OR

- SCI access with a Single Scope Background Investigation(SSBI) completed within 5 years OR

- Dept. of Energy Q clearance with a Single Scope BackgroundInvestigation (SSBI) completed within 5 years OR

- Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) completedwithin 5 years

- System Engineering background with System Safetyexperience

PreferredQualifications:

- Software Safety experience

- Experience performing Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA),Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA), Test Hazard Analyses (THA), and supportincorporating updates into the existing Hazard Tracking System (HTS) recordsand Safety Analysis Report (SAR)

- Experience developing a System Safety Program Plan

- Familiarity with MIL-STD-882E

- Familiarity with OSHA Standards

- Experience working on Space or Laser programs

- Experience leading a System Safety team/effort

- Experience with DoD safety programs highly desired

- Experience performing System Safety across all phases of aprogram

- Experience performing Safety on the floor duringIntegration and Test, Assembly, and moving of hardware

- Ability to apply extensive technical expertise in SystemSafety, and has full knowledge of other related disciplines

- Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) andclearly present technical approaches and findings

- Ability to develop technical solutions to complex problemswhich require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity

- Ability to work independently, without appreciabledirection

- Ability to guide the successful completion of majorprograms

- Active Program Access, DoD SCI clearance