Airplane Safety Engineer D: Systems Safety

Job Description:

·        ** Regular and predictable attendance is required**

·        The Airplane Safety Engineering (ASE) team is looking for Airplane Safety Engineers - Development Programs (Onsite) to join our team in Everett, Washington.

·        The ASE team is a division of the Enterprise Safety and Mission Assurance Organization.

·        Our team is actively engaged with airplane programs that currently include 737-10 MAX, 777-9, 777-8 Freighter, and future product development programs.

·        As an Airplane Safety Engineer, you will be responsible for working cross functionally to ensure airplane level safety analysis are appropriately conducted.

·        Understanding the complex integration of airplane systems, human factors, and airplane integration into the operational environment is required in this role.

·        The Airplane Safety deliverables directly feed airplane compliance and require an extreme attention to detail as well as a healthy engineering curiosity.

·        Our team works hard to build relationships with our customers across all of engineering and the programs.

·        To do this we must be technically savvy, great communicators, and have a passion to learn.

·        We are involved in every aspect of designing and certifying our products and must maintain an unrelenting focus on compliance, safety, and product integrity without compromise.

·        If you’re ready for a challenging new role that is critical to the success of our programs then this might be the job for you.

·        Successful candidates will be reliable, trustworthy, and accountable for delivering results.

·        Familiarity with 25.1309, ARP-4754, ARP-4761, safety analysis, and hazard assessments will greatly benefit you in this role.

The successful candidate will have:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse engineering team.
• Intrinsic aptitude for taking initiative, leading cross functional teams and complex projects.
• Ability to take ownership of work activities to ensure they are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner.

Position Responsibilities:

·        Providing safety design and analysis expertise to program stakeholders and leadership

·        Validating and verifying airplane level safety requirements

·        Developing certification strategies for systems and airplane level safety issues

·        Executing airplane level threat analyses (bird strike, rotor burst, cargo fire, tire and wheel failures, etc.)

·        Representing ASE in airplane level design trade studies, coordination of safety analyses, and functional integration assessments

·        Ensuring adequate redundancy and physical separation of critical systems

·        Leading airplane level safety analyses like Runway Excursion or Airplane Common Mode to ensure integration across multiple functional systems

·        Utilize Model Based System Engineering tools to analyze architectures/designs and develop safety deliverables

·        This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed locations.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 3 years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5 years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 1 years of experience performing system safety analysis and/or studies
• 1 years of experience with commercial airplane certification, safety requirements and procedures
• 1 years of working knowledge of Hazard Analyses, FMEA's, Airplane Level Threats (Particular Risk Analyses) and Fault Trees and/or System Safety Assessments (SSAs)
• Experience with FAR Part 25.1309, and industry practices like ARP 4761 & 4754
• 1 years of experience developing/applying aviation related system safety analysis methods such as System Safety Risk Assessments, Fault-tree Analysis (FTA), Functional Hazard Assessment (FHA) and Safety Assessment Report (SAR)
• 1 years of experience in Commercial Airplane-Systems design or analysis (e.g. Flight Controls, Hydraulics, Avionics, Fuels, etc.) or Systems Integration
• Pilots license

Project/Skills:

• Describe the project they will be working on: 777-9 development program
• Size of the Team: 20
• Does the statement of work have any limitations on physical attributes? (Heavy lifting, long hours on feet, confined spaces, harnesses that have certain weight limits, etc.): No
• Type of background you are looking for (education, # yrs experience, etc.): Airplane safety engineering (sub category to systems eng)
• Software skills required: Microsoft suite, basic computer skills
• Any certifications required: No
• Are there any companies that hire for the same type of skill set that you are looking for?: All aerospace companies
• What skill sets have you found work well for this role?: pilot skills, worked in different eng design applications/systems, exposure to aircraft at aircraft level
• Preferred soft skills?: communication skills, good technical writing skills, systems engineering analysis skills

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and typically 5 or more years' experience in an engineering classification or a Master's degree with typically 3 or more years' experience in an engineering classification or a PhD degree with experience in an engineering classification.