Principal Senior Safety Engineer

Principal Senior Safety Engineer Client: Defense-Aerospace Pay Rate: up to $98/hr (W2, non-benefited) Length: 6-month contract Location: Woburn, MA, or Tewksbury, MA Clearance: Active and transferrable final U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required. Description Developing and implementing one or more MIL-STD-882E compliant system safety programs Performing MIL-STD-882 System Safety Program tasks and analyses, involving management (task series 100), analysis (task series 200), evaluation (task series 300), and verification (task series 400). Working across all integrated product teams and lines to properly eliminate hazards or provide effective controls. Coordinating with customer safety representatives applying methods, standards, and techniques to provide clarification of system requirements to software, hardware, and test personnel to ensure design and architecture considerations are appropriately allocated to the system and horizontally integrated across the development teams. Collaborating with Program Management and government approval authorities from program startup through production to demilitarization and disposal backgrounds. Responsibilities An analysis of engineering hardware, mechanical and electrical drawings and schematics assessing fault tolerance, latent hazards, and safety requirements compliance. Work with system test and tactical operation and maintenance procedures to ensure the proper administrative system safety controls are in place. Design of concise, testable safety requirements or providing safety analysis of existing requirements Work across all integrated product teams and lines to properly eliminate hazards or provide effective controls. Collaborating with Program Management and government approval authorities from program startup through production to demilitarization and disposal backgrounds Performing System Safety Program or Design analyses Monitoring a technical execution program Mentoring Multiple Jr. Engineers Interfacing with stakeholders (e.g. customers, program offices, subcontractors, vendors) Preparing Safety Assessment Reports and Safety Program Briefs for Customer Approval Briefing safety of the program at technical reviews and as part of the safety approval process Interpreting system requirements, customer specifications and military standards Preparing internal and customer reports describing various analyses relevant to the System Safety program Collaborating across multiple disciplines to gain a full understanding of product architecture and design Required Skills & Experience Experience with Safety Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical or Firmware Engineering. Desired Skills & Experience Experience with DoD System Safety Programs e.g. MIL-STD-882 / DO-178 Experience with system and software safety implementation in Agile Development environment Experience interfacing with Human Systems Integration showcasing execution of Human Factors Engineering tasking involving MIL-STD-1472. Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and Proposal Development Familiarity with Engineering Change Proposals, Engineering Review Boards, System Safety Working Groups Required Education and Experience Requires a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 12 years of relevant software engineering experience. #J-18808-Ljbffr