Senior System Safety Engineer
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