Senior System Safety Engineer
Core
Engineer safety into manufacturing production systems, equipment, and work instructions to ensure safe build, test, and sustainment at scale.
Role type
Senior Manufacturing Safety Engineer (Physical/clinical work)
Builds
Production equipment, fixtures, test stations, and manufacturing work instructions
Domain
Defense manufacturing / Industrial safety
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Formal risk assessment, hierarchy of controls, machine safeguarding, OSHA 29 CFR 1910 compliance, Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), functional safety requirements, root-cause analysis
Preferred skills
ISO 12100, ISO 13849, ANSI B11 standards, Performance Level/SIL determination, functional safety certification (CMSE/TÜV FSEng), high-rate manufacturing experience
Technologies
Machine guarding systems, lockout/tagout (LOTO) systems, safety-related control systems
Responsibilities
Lead formal machine and task-based risk assessments; Review manufacturing work instructions and author Job Hazard Analyses; Engineer and review production equipment and test stations; Apply prevention-through-design principles; Define functional-safety requirements for control systems; Support incident investigations and drive corrective engineering actions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
