System Safety Engineer

Job Title

System Safety Engineer

Sterling Heights, MI

Military Vehicles/Defense

Up to $65/hr depending on experience.

Come join our team! We currently have an exciting possible Temp-to-Perm opportunity in Sterling Heights, MI for an experienced System Safety Engineer to work on a Military Vehicle Program. The individual will collaborate with design teams to incorporate System Safety Engineering input into vehicle designs, including hardware and software systems. Responsibilities include completing safety analysis, proposing and executing mitigation through product validation during the program life cycle, creating and documenting safety work products and submitting customer-required documents.

• Evaluate customer requirements for System Safety and determine vehicle compliance.
• Create and support the design of system and Software (SW) architectures.
• Conduct System Safety analyses to support recommendations for design solutions and design changes.
• Document analysis reports.
• Support System Engineering Department in the development of the System Specification Document.
• Safety requirement management - definition, connectivity, traceability, validation.
• Create Hazard Tracking System (HTS) and Preliminary and Functional Hazard Analysis (PHA & FHA) as required.
• Determine compliance with contract and/or System Specification Document.
• Develop and complete safety CDRLs to be submitted to the Customer.
• Manage end-to-end traceability of the Hazard mitigations for the assigned systems.
• Create and manage Human/System Interface Databases, Hazard Logs, Risk Registers, and manage Hazard Tracking.
• Work with HW and SW engineers to identify Safety hazards and mitigation strategies.
• Conduct necessary Peer Reviews of Safety work products before release.

• 7+ years of applicable experience; fewer years considered with an advanced degree.
• Experience in developing safety hazards analysis, safety concepts, safety cases, and hazard mitigation strategies.
• Experience in developing safety requirements traceability and test cases for safety-critical items.
• Familiarity with Standards and Tools: MIL-STD-882E, JOINT SOFTWARE SYSTEMS SAFETY ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, ISO 26262, or ARP-4761A.
• Developing safety requirements using MBSE based on system "V" model decomposition methodologies with CAMEO system modelers or similar Model-Based System modelers environment.
• Team Center, JIRA, Confluence tools, DOORS, or other similar requirement management tools.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to work with HW and SW engineers to identify safety hazards and mitigation strategies.
• This position will require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance. (Non-US Citizens will not be eligible)
• Must be able to meet Anthropometric Size Requirements for confined space.
• Must be able to work occasional evening and/or weekend overtime as required.

• Master's Degree in a System Safety-related discipline such as Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or another Engineering concentration.
• Experience with System, Logical, and Physical architecture in developing Safety strategy and safety mitigations.
• Preferred experience in the Defense industry; relevant experience in Automotive or Aerospace System safety process and execution, launching designs into production.
• Experience with High Voltage and Autonomous Software embedded systems.
• Experience in Human Factors/Ergonomics and System Safety in product design.
• Familiarity with User-Centered Design philosophy and approaches.
• Understanding of Functional Failure Analysis.
• Methodologies:
  Product development cycle, AGILE methodology, System engineering V-model.

• Bachelor's degree in a System Safety-related discipline such as Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or another Engineering concentration.

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