System Safety Engineer

System Safety Engineer – Secret Clearance Required

Location: Tucson, AZ (On-site)
Job Type: Contract (W-2)
Clearance: Active Secret
Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Pay: $165,000 - $185,000

Overview

Seeking an experienced System Safety Engineer to support defense system development programs in Tucson, AZ. This role focuses on System Safety and Systems Engineering efforts across the engineering lifecycle, with close integration into multi-disciplinary engineering teams to ensure timely, compliant, and high-quality safety deliverables.

The selected engineer will contribute to system and software safety activities in both traditional and Agile development environments, supporting government and DoD safety requirements.

Key Responsibilities

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  Execute System Safety and Systems Engineering activities in support of defense programs

  
  


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  Integrate into engineering teams to support system and software safety implementation throughout development

  
  


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  Maintain early development milestones and ensure on-time delivery of required safety documentation

  
  


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  Support system and software safety efforts within Agile development environments

  
  


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  Collaborate with engineering, program management, and safety stakeholders to meet program objectives

  
  


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  Contribute to proposal development and cost/schedule planning efforts as required

  
  

Required Qualifications

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  Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)

  
  


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  Minimum 8 years of relevant Systems Engineering or Safety Engineering experience

  
  


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  Experience in one or more of the following disciplines:

  
  
  
  
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    System Safety Engineering

    
    
  
  
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    Systems Engineering

    
    
  
  
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    Software or Firmware Engineering

    
    
  
  
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    Electrical Engineering

    
    
  
  
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    Equivalent Safety Engineering roles

    
    
  
  
  
  


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  Active U.S. government issued Secret security clearance

  
  


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  U.S. citizenship required

  
  

Desired Qualifications

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  Experience supporting DoD System Safety Programs (e.g., MIL-STD-882)

  
  


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  Experience with system and software safety implementation in Agile development environments

  
  


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  Master’s degree in STEM with 6+ years of relevant experience

  
  


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  Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)

  
  


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  Experience supporting proposal development activities