Associate Principal Engineer (Safety Policy and Assessment)
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Job Location:
Alexandria, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
Overview
The Department of Wars Research and Engineering (R&E) organization serves as the Departments Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and is charged with ensuring the technological superiority of the United States military. Located at the Mark Center in Alexandria the team works with Pentagon stakeholders and service PEOs. American Systems is seeking a safety-experienced engineering professional to drive safety policy implementation and reviews within R&E.
Responsibilities
WANTED: A Lead Engineer with demonstrated experience in an engineering discipline and having significant emphasis on System Safety Engineering within DoW.
- Develop an expert understanding of key DoW safety policies such as those captured in MIL-STD-882E DoDI 5000.69 DoDD 3000.09 and others.
- Provide insight and expertise on the impact of safety policies on warfighter capabilities and the transformation of the DoW acquisition system.
- Lead the organizations conduct of safety-focused assessments such as System Safety and Environmental Safety and Occupational Health technical assessments; provide recommendations to improve program/project outcomes and which support DoW modernization priorities.
- Support R&E Independent Technical Risk Assessments (ITRAs) analyzing safety-related issues within programs/projects and appropriate alignment with transformation goals policy guidance standards and best practices.
- Provide recommendations and support for OUSW(R&E) to advance the practice of System Safety Engineering including innovative approaches and emerging technologies (artificial intelligence machine learning autonomy uncrewed systems) to identify data and analytic technics for evidence-based assessments and decisions.
- The Contractor shall propose updates and changes that improve System Safety acquisition lifecycle outcomes integrated with the Defense Acquisition System.
- Participate in and support activities of OUSW(R&E) or on its behalf with external partners for System Safety Engineering to identify advancements lessons learned and best practices and promulgate them through direct interaction with OUSW(R&E) customers.
- Lead reviews of OUSW(R&E) modernization priorities and related technologies legislation policies procedures practices guidance standards handbooks tools and DoD workforce skills and practices.
- Prepare materials for Weapons Systems Review Boards and prepare programs and products for the Joint Services Weapons System Review Process in accordance with DoDI 5000.69 or DoDD 3000.09.
- Typical tasks may also include:
- Assist in development of Program/Project safety plans.
- Create and manage a data-focused Hazard Tracking System.
- Work with program/project digital engineering artifacts to support safety-related analyses.
Qualifications
- BS degree in an engineering scientific or technical discipline that is relevant to engineering.
- Minimum of 11-12 years related engineering experience including emphasis on System Safety Engineering. Experience providing technical expertise working with DoW as a System Safety Engineer while applying MIL-STD-882E requirements and tasks to product lifecycle activities.
- Desired:
- One active professional certification valid credential or demonstrable combination of on-the-Job and coursework related to System Safety Engineering. Experience providing technical expertise in software safety engineering fuze safety munitions and energetics safety or test range safety.
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Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- ADAS
- System Design
- Distributed Control Systems
- Technical Writing
- Systems Engineering
- Requirements Management
- OSHA
- Sensors
- Signal Processing
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- Programmable Logic Controllers
About Company
AMERICAN SYSTEMS has been delivering IT and Engineering solutions to complex national priority programs since 1975. Our mission-focused approach ensures a trusted, collaborative partnership with our customers. Performance is paramount. We know what’s at stake. ®
