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Senior System Safety Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$143,000–$143,0002026-10-15 → 2026-10-16
On-site

Core

Design safety into manufacturing equipment, fixtures, and processes to ensure production systems are safe to build, test, and sustain at scale.

Role type

Senior Manufacturing Safety Engineer

Builds

Safe production equipment, fixtures, test stations, and work instructions for defense manufacturing

Domain

Defense manufacturing / Industrial safety engineering

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, functional safety certification (CMSE/TÜV FSEng), high-rate manufacturing experience

Technologies

Safety control systems, lockout/tagout systems, proof-load testing equipment

Responsibilities

Lead formal machine and task-based risk assessments; Review manufacturing work instructions and author JHAs; Engineer and review production equipment and test stations; Apply prevention-through-design principles; Define functional-safety requirements for control systems; Support incident investigations and management of change

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC