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Senior Specialist, System Safety and Reliability Engineer

L3Harris


Job Location:

Palm Bay, FL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 19 August 2026 (16 days ago)
Application Deadline: 18 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Senior Specialist System Safety Engineer

Job Code: 42574

Job Location: Palm Bay FL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Principal Specialist System Safety Engineer will provide technical leadership for safety analyses across Airborne Solutions programs including cockpit displays mission processors and sensors. Typical tasks include hazard analysis causal analysis risk assessment safety program planning and reporting.

Essential Functions:

  • Lead hazard analysis causal analysis hazard tracking and safety risk assessment IAW MIL-STD-882E ARP4754A and ARP4761
  • Working knowledge of DO-178 and DO-254 development processes
  • Lead development of System Safety Program Plans Hazard Analyses and Safety Assessment Reports
  • Lead and present system safety risk assessments at customer design review meetings
  • Present safety cases to WSESRB FISTRP and/or SSSTRP
  • Consult with other engineering staff to evaluate interfaces between hardware software and operational performance requirements of the overall system.
  • Strong oral/written communication and customer interface skills
  • Prepare work estimates schedule inputs and metric data to project management
  • Work closely with Government customers to ensure that the System Safety requirements are defined and implemented in a way that will allow for the verification and validation of the system
  • Document System Safety artifacts in DOORS and/or Cameo
  • Willing to travel to customer sites when required.
  • Ability to obtain US Government clearance.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Active Secret Clearance
  • Senior-level system safety and design experience in software electrical computer or mechanical engineering
  • Bachelors degree in Systems Software Electrical Computer or Mechanical Engineering
  • STAMP/STPA
  • Software Safety development per DoD Joint Software System Safety Handbook STANAG 4404 AMCOM 385-17 or AOP 52
  • Reporting hazardous materials (NAS-411)
  • Assessing Human Machine Interfaces per MIL-STD-1472
  • General Reliability practices (FMEA FMECA FTA FRACAS and RCCA)
  • Requirements development and flow-down
  • OSHA 29 CFR 1910 and 29 CFR 1924
  • Certified Safety Professional

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Required Experience:

Senior IC


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