Senior System Safety Engineer, Prime Air

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We're looking for a Senior System Safety Engineer who combines superb technical and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly, effectively, and safely. This person must be comfortable working with a team of top-notch developers and collaborating with our engineering teams. We’re looking for people who innovate and love solving hard problems. You will work hard, have fun, and of course, make history!

Key job responsibilities
- Own the completion of safety analyses and derive design safety requirements across all systems at Prime Air
- Help define the future of safety assessment processes and methodologies for drone aerial systems through coordination with regulatory and technical standards organizations across the world
- Lead talented cross functional teams to integrate design safety directly into the system development process.

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Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- 5+ years experience in system safety engineering in the aerospace, automotive, or robotics industries
- Experience in analysis and design of safety critical systems
- Experience working with requirements management and safety analysis tools (CAFTA, Medini, or similar)
- Experience conveying complex subject matter to stakeholders, leadership, and regulators

Preferred Qualifications

- Proficient working with ARP-4761/4754, ISO26262, MIL-STD-882B, or similar system safety processes.
- Experience developing FHAs, Fault Trees, Reliability Predictions, FMEAs, SSAs, CCAs.
- Experience performing safety analyses in one or more of the following: Image based perception systems, aerospace systems, vehicle management, flight controls, cloud-based software intensive systems, aircraft traffic management
- 8+ years of professional complex systems development experience
- Knowledgeable in statistical analysis and reliability engineering fundamentals
- Proficient working with cross functional teams to drive analysis of complex systems
- Proficient in systems engineering fundamentals, including system decomposition, requirements verification & validation, and ICD definition

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USA, WA, Seattle - 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually