Systems Safety & Reliability Engineer

Requisition : R

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Woodland Hills, California, United States of America

• Clearance Type: Secret

• Telecommute: No
  - Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

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. 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.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Staff Systems Safety and Reliability Engineer based out of Woodland Hills, CA. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

What You’ll get to Do:

The qualified applicant will become part of Northrop Grumman's System Safety team within Specialty Engineering. Activities include system safety analysis of avionics and navigation systems. They will work with other engineering disciplines to evaluate different programs' Safety Engineering needs, performing safety analyses on new programs and revisiting existing programs’ safety analyses.

The ideal candidate will have experience with MIL-STD-882E and familiarity with Military and their equivalent industry standards such as: MIL-STD-1629, DO-178B/C, DO-254, ARP-4754, ARP-4761, etc.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering in a STEM discipline or relevant degree with 12 years of System Safety Engineering experience or a MS in Engineering in a STEM discipline or relevant degree with 10 years of experience in Systems and/or Software Safety Engineering or a PhD with 8 years of experience

• Demonstrated ability to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment, and procedures to mitigate or eliminate hazards

• Demonstrated ability to apply system safety engineering principles in accordance with MIL-STD-882E

• Demonstrated ability to identify system safety issues, propose solutions, and ensure appropriate action is taken to mitigate safety issues

• Demonstrated ability to generate/review Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) or FMEA experience.

• Demonstrated ability to develop, review, update, and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements

• Knowledge of engineering drawings and ability to read schematics and parts lists.

• Ability to work independently

• Demonstrated excellent presentation skills

• Able to effectively communicate with all levels of employees and customers

• US Citizenship

• Ability to obtain/maintain a DoD Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

• History of demonstrated leadership capabilities

• Experience with electrical circuit schematics and FMECA data review

• Familiarity with requirements tools such as DOORS, Safety and Reliability tools, Agile software tools, etc.

• Strong working knowledge of Military systems safety and process standards and their Industry equivalent such as: DO-178B/C, DO-248, DO-254, ARP-4754, ARP-4761, MIL-HDBK-516C, etc.

Salary Range: $171,000 - $256,400

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.