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Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineeringexpertiseto meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Our System Safety team is dedicated to evaluating and mitigating the safety risks that our products may pose to the world, specifically to people, hardware, and the environment. By applying rigorous engineering and management principles, criteria, and techniques, the team ensures that safety isoptimizedthroughout every phase of the system lifecycle.

System Safety is an integral part of the design process, functioning as a criticalcomponentwithin the broader systems engineering framework. From concept development to deployment and beyond, the team works toidentifypotential hazards, assess risks, and implement solutions to enhance product safety and reliability for our warfighters.

As a Principal System Safety Engineer, you will be accountable forestablishingand executing major safety programs. The Safety Lead serves as both a technical expert in missile safety and a project manager who oversees safety program execution, leads safety teams, and interfaces with program and functional leadership. This role requires advanced application of MILSTD882E for System Safety (hardware, software, firmware, and personnel) for DoD missile systems, typically obtained through advanced education, extensive experience, and strong project leadership. This position is onsite inDulles, VA.

What You Will Do

As aPrincipial System Safety Engineeryour responsibilitieswill include:

• Developing and implementing one or more MIL-STD-882E compliant system safety programsinvolving management (task series 100), analysis (task series 200), evaluation (task series 300), and verification (task series 400).

• Practicalapplicationof project managementskills:

• Createandupdate the strategy for the program to meet all its milestones withsystem safetyfeatures integrated into the productin compliance with contract and awarded funding.

• Createaschedule and integratesafetytasks and activities into program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).

• Plan/manage thesafety programeffort within the Program IMS.

• Understandand managethesafetybudget and taskingthrough close coordination withthe responsibleCAM/IPTL/productowner, including EACs.

• Mentor juniorsafety engineers.

• Actively engage in engineering review boards, and configuration control boards to stay on top of designchanges andassess impacts to the established safety program.

• Establish on-going feedback loopwithfunctionalandprogrammanagement.

• Lead & coordinate System Safety Working Group(s) between key Raytheon and Customer representatives.

• Escalate risks to theappropriateleveland follow through on corrective actions.

• Interpret system requirements, customerspecificationsand military standards,torecommend compliance strategiesto program leadership:Chief Engineer, Program Manager, Integrated Product Team Lead, etc.

• Working across all integrated product teams and lines to properlyeliminatehazards or provide effective controls.

• Collaboratewith stakeholders across a range ofengineering functionstoidentifyand mitigate risks: Systems Engineering, SoftwareEngineering,Firmware Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Hardware Engineering, EnvironmentalSafety, & Health, Human Systems Interfaces, Test Engineering.

• Analysis of engineering hardware, mechanical and electrical drawings and schematicsassessingfault tolerance, latent hazards, and safety requirements compliance.

• Collaborate with Program Management and government approval authorities from design, fabrication, integration and test, production to demilitarization and disposal phases

• Managesafety-relatedinteractions with suppliers and/or subcontractors.

• Identifyandimplement improvedsafetysolutions.

• Identifybest practices to improve overallsafetycultureat Raytheon.

• Understand and shapesystem safety/Human System Interfacespostures across the lifecycle (design, integration/ test, flight test, production, field, returns).

• Travel up to 10% may berequired

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.An advanced degree may account foradditionalyears of experience asrequiredfor this position.

• Experience developing and implementingMIL-STD-882ESystem Safety Program tasks and analyses, involving management (task series 100), analysis (task series 200), evaluation (task series 300), and verification (task series 400). This includes hardware and software safety related tasks.

• Experience with DoD System Safety Programse.g.MIL-STD-882/ DO-178

• Experiencewithpresentingbrief safetystatusto safety approval authorityat technical reviews, safety review boards,andothersas part of the safety approvalprocess.

• Experience managing a safety program.

• Experience collaborating with stakeholders across a range of engineering functions toidentifyand mitigate risks.

• Active and transferrable final U.S. government issued Secret security clearance isrequiredprior to start date. US citizenship isrequired, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with briefing at the military safety review board.

• Experience with system and software safety implementation in Agile Development environment

• Experience with interpersonal and project management skills, with the ability to manage a safety program and provide directions to support safety personnel

• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and Proposal Development

• Experience interfacing with Human Systems Integrationshowcasingexecution of Human Factors Engineering tasking involving MIL-STD-1472.

• Experience with Engineering Change Proposals, Engineering Review Boards, System Safety Working Groups

• 5years' experiencewith amaster's degree in science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

• Relocation Eligible

Learn More & Apply Now!

• Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role.

• Onsite:Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

• This position requires the ability to obtain a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles andadjudicatesthe security clearance process. More information about SecurityClearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here:https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm