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LAYIQ - Staff/Senior Staff Systems Safety Engineer at Woodward

Lead aerospace system safety activities across the product lifecycle, including hazard identification, safety requirements development, architecture safety assessments, verification planning, and certification support.
Perform and document safety analyses such as Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Preliminary System Safety Assessments (PSSA), System Safety Assessments (SSA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Common Cause Analysis (CCA), Particular Risk Analysis (PRA), and Zonal Safety Analysis (ZSA), as applicable.
Collaborate with systems, electrical, software, mechanical, test, quality, and program teams to allocate safety requirements, evaluate design alternatives, and ensure mitigations are implemented and verified.
Support development assurance and certification activities aligned with common aerospace standards and guidance, including SAE ARP4754 for aircraft and system development, SAE ARP4761 for safety assessment processes, RTCA DO-178C for airborne software, RTCA DO-254 for airborne electronic hardware, and RTCA DO-160 for environmental qualification.
Define and maintain safety artifacts, assumptions, derived requirements, traceability, failure condition classifications, Development Assurance Level (DAL) considerations, and evidence needed to support internal reviews, customer reviews, and regulatory or certification audits.
Advise engineering leadership and program stakeholders on safety risk, compliance strategy, certification impacts, and trade-offs between system architecture, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
Mentor engineers in aerospace safety practices, review safety work products, and promote consistent use of safety engineering methods, tools, and documentation standards.
Key Skills: Aerospace System Safety: Strong understanding of aircraft and avionics system safety principles, failure condition classification, safety objectives, risk mitigation, and safety case development.
Safety Analysis Methods: Demonstrated ability to develop or review FHA, PSSA, SSA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, CCA, PRA, ZSA, reliability predictions, and related safety evidence.
Aerospace Standards and Certification: Working knowledge of aerospace safety and development guidance such as ARP4754, ARP4761, DO-178C, DO-254, DO-160, and related FAA, EASA, or customer certification expectations.
Requirements and Traceability: Ability to define, allocate, validate, and verify safety requirements while maintaining traceability from hazards and safety objectives through design implementation and test evidence.
Systems Engineering: Experience evaluating system architectures, interfaces, redundancy strategies, monitoring, fault detection, fault isolation, fault tolerance, and degraded-mode operation for safety-critical electronics.
Technical Analysis: Advanced ability to interpret complex technical data, reliability information, test results, and design documentation to assess safety impact and compliance risk.
Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven ability to influence and coordinate across engineering disciplines, program teams, customers, suppliers, and certification stakeholders.
Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex safety findings, assumptions, limitations, and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Problem Solving: Strong analytical judgment and practical decision-making skills for resolving complex safety, certification, and design trade-off challenges.
Continuous Improvement: Commitment to improving safety processes, analysis templates, review practices, and engineering workflows to strengthen product assurance and execution efficiency.
Successful candidates have: Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline and 8+ years of relevant engineering experience.
Experience with safety-critical aerospace, avionics, electronic control, actuation, propulsion, or aircraft systems is strongly preferred.
Working knowledge of Aviation Development guidelines, including: ARP4754, ARP4761, DO-178, DO-254, etc.
Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, or supporting system safety analyses and certification artifacts for complex aerospace products.
Experience working with customers, suppliers, designated engineering representatives, certification authorities, or internal compliance teams is preferred.
Application window is anticipated to close 30 days from original posting date.

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