Senior Engineer

Responsibilities

OBXtek has an immediate need for a number of highly qualified Senior System Safety Engineer to support our new U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SDA&CP) and Battle Management Command, Control and Communications (BMC3) Support Services contract (Hemisphere) contract in the El Segundo, CA area.

Travel is not anticipated but would occur less than five percent of the time on an occasional and irregular basis and be limited to domestic locations only.

The Senior System Safety Engineer assists System Acquisition and Systems Engineering teams in taking a multi-discipline approach to system safety requirements engineering, solutions engineering, reliability, resiliency, and analysis. The Engineer works with program and project managers to qualify the safety of the design, development and instantiation of space systems and advanced system capabilities. The Senior System Safety Engineer that we are seeking for this important opportunity will help enable advanced capabilities and proactive protective understanding of how our family of space-based assets and programs operate, interact, and serve our highest priority national defense.

The ideal Senior System Safety Engineer shall be an:

• Expert in classified weapon system DoD, Air Force, and SSC system safety policies and procedures
• Expert in space vehicle systems safety considerations, including design requirements, technical review requirements, launch, and launch range safety requirements.

Salaries commensurate with experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Salary Range: $140k - $220k

Required:

• Active TS/SCI clearance or TS/SCI Eligible status
• U.S. Citizens only
• Earned Masters-level degree in Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Operations Research, or a closely related discipline
• Minimum 10 years of relevant System Safety experience in government or industry in relevant work areas including:
  DoD/IC Acquisition Process, Requirements Process, or system engineering of large complex System of Systems
• Experience with professional system acquisition program office communications, documentation, reporting and outreach

Desired:

• Specific work experience supporting system safety design, development and operation of space-based systems
• Familiarity with U.S. Air Force and USSF acquisition policies, protocols, practices, procedures, and processes
• Familiarity with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) policies, practices and procedures as relate to System Safety

Top Secret with SCI eligibility

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia and founded in 2009, OBXtek is a growing leader in the government contracting field. Our mission Our People…Our Reputation. Our people are trained professionals who enhance our customers’ knowledge and innovation using technology, collaboration, and education.

We offer a robust suite of benefits including comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, matching 401K, paid time off, tuition reimbursement program and much more.

OBXtek pairs lessons learned across disciplines with best practices and industry standard quality practices such as CMMI-Dev Level III, ITIL, 6

Sigma, PMI, and ISO. Our rapid growth has been recognized by INC
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OBXtek is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender identity, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.