Senior Explosives System Safety Engineer
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
