Lockheed Martin · 2 weeks ago
System Safety Engineer Staff (Level 4)
Fairfax, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/StaffLockheed Martin is a pioneer in the aerospace industry, dedicated to solving complex engineering challenges. They are seeking a System Safety Engineer to apply safety assurance processes to safety-critical systems, ensuring compliance and effective risk management.
AerospaceCyber SecurityMachinery ManufacturingMilitaryNational SecurityRemote SensingSecurity
Responsibilities
Identify and apply appropriate safety standards to system development processes and assessments of a safety critical system
Verify and validate system safety requirements and their traceability to software and hardware
Interface with project systems engineers and design engineers to prepare and review safety documentation and analyses, and report their status to project management
Support development of a System Safety Assessment (SSA) and its supporting analyses that include: Fault Tree Analyses (FTA), Common Cause Analyses (CCA) and Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA)
Conduct Safety Risk Management (SRM) activities that include hazard identification, assessment, mitigation and tracking
Participate in the project’s System Safety Working Group by way of discussions and presentations with the project customer
Qualification
Required
Professional system safety experience
Familiarity with the system development and compliance processes contained in SAE ARP4754A
Ability to identify and apply appropriate safety standards to system development processes and assessments of a safety critical system
Ability to verify and validate system safety requirements and their traceability to software and hardware
Ability to interface with project systems engineers and design engineers to prepare and review safety documentation and analyses, and report their status to project management
Ability to support development of a System Safety Assessment (SSA) and its supporting analyses that include: Fault Tree Analyses (FTA), Common Cause Analyses (CCA) and Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA)
Ability to conduct Safety Risk Management (SRM) activities that include hazard identification, assessment, mitigation and tracking
Participation in the project's System Safety Working Group by way of discussions and presentations with the project customer
Preferred
Experience in systems engineering or software engineering
GNSS (GPS, Galileo) experience
Experience with safety and reliability engineering of civil or military aircraft avionics, particularly navigation systems, or other safety-critical equipment
Company
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.
Founded in 1912
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.06BKey Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M
Leadership Team
Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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