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Senior Explosives System Safety Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead end-to-end safety certification for munitions, warheads, and fuzing systems through DoD review boards while building and managing a team of 3–10 safety engineers.

Role type

Senior System Safety Engineer (Team Lead)

Builds

Certified ordnance systems for U.S. and allied military platforms

Domain

Defense technology / Ordnance engineering

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

DoD weapons safety review board experience, munitions system certification, MIL-STD-882E/1316/1901 expertise, program management, vendor management, root cause analysis, safety documentation creation, team leadership

Preferred skills

Active U.S. security clearance, multi-branch DoD qualification experience, established relationships with DoD safety boards, scaling safety engineering functions

Technologies

MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-1901

Responsibilities

Lead certification programs through WSERB, FISTRP, and SSSTRP; build and mentor a team of 3–10 safety engineers; create and present safety documentation packages; partner with engineering and ops to embed safety practices; plan testing and review milestones; manage project deliverables and vendor relationships

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership

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