Title:

Systems Safety Engineer (Top Secret)

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Systems Safety Engineer

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

KBR is searching for a systems safety engineer to support development of first-of-kind space systems. This handpicked candidate must possess technical expertise and experience to provide the government customer insight during system design, manufacture, integration, test, launch, and early operations. A successful candidate should be a leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in a high-profile, fast-paced environment. The candidate will apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts for highly classified systems, while also effectively communicating complex results with management and executive leadership. 

Role and Responsibilities*

Serves as advisory lead to Chief of Safety for system safety requirements across SpRCO programs.Provides safety expertise, guidance, and advice in support of the design, development, production, procurement, integration, and test of such systems across all programs.Determines appropriate systems safety requirements, including life cycle concerns, and provides technical advice to Government.Assists programs on safety methods and techniques to determine the system is functioning according to design specifications.Develops acquisition safety criteria and evaluating and monitoring progress of their contractor's designs against the technical guidelines to ensure adequate system safety requirements are met. Provides technical consultation to programs to ensure that critical steps in the safety analysis process as well as critical issues receive appropriate emphasis and utilize best engineering practices.Establishes safety design and qualification test criteria, techniques, standards, and requirements for support of space and weapon system related item certifications.Performs independent safety fault tree analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses, common mode failure analyses, single point failure analyses, sneak circuit analyses, software functional hazard analyses, and other relevant safety analyses for safety-critical systems.Evaluates the safety of mechanical and electrical system and subsystem interfaces.Determines software contribution to safety and assigns software safety criticality and determines requisite level of rigor tasks.Provides expert technical advice in development, testing, and operational service regarding safety viability of design, potential failure modes and risk reduction approaches.Develops and interprets engineering guidelines for general use across programs, and exercises surveillance and control over the overall engineering effort for assigned programs and areas of responsibility to ensure compliance.Represents the Chief of Safety in high-level meetings and conferences with representatives from various mission partners and supports resolution of issues.Serves as technical representative in mishap investigation, major program reviews, inspections, conferences, source selection evaluations, other program evaluations, and major milestone events associated with assigned system programs.Provides expert system safety engineering advice for test and evaluation to ensure design and safety performance-based specifications are met.Supports independent safety reviews and participates in technical exchange meetings.Aides in development of program OSS&E baselines and the development and update of OSS&E criteria, standards, and compliance methods for SpRCO.Reviews OSS&E compliance and makes recommendations regarding system safety of new, modified and operational systems.Delivers presentations on safety technical status, accomplishments, and problems.Other duties as required.

Qualifications:

Required skills:

Ten (10) years DoD/IC, or relevant industry work experience on commercial and/or government systems.Understanding of space operational environment and corresponding mission user needs.Expert knowledge in Operational Safety, Suitability, and Effectiveness (OSS&E) reliability authority requirements and processes and integrating requirements early into acquisition program designs.Experience in leading programs through the Joint Services Weapon and Laser System Safety Review processes and boards.Experience in leading programs through test safety review boards and developing test safety plans along with associated hazard analysis and mitigations.Expert understanding of MIL-STD-882, DAFI 91-401, and DAFI 91-205

Desired skills:

Fifteen (15) years DoD/IC, or relevant industry hand on work experience on commercial and/or government satellite systems.Broad range of systems and system safety engineering experience and safety system development.Experience as safety engineer for a large national security space program.Experience as a SETA in a government program office.Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs.

Education:

An applicable engineering degree from a program from an accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).Relevant MS/ME degree.

Clearance:

Active TOP SECRET clearance with sensitive compartmentalized information (SCI) and special access program (SAP) eligibility.No less than two (2) years total SAP and/or SCI environment experience and 1-year total within last 5 years.Candidate must maintain a TS/SCI clearance as a condition of employment and be willing to submit to a Counter-Intelligence polygraph.

Work Environment:

Location: on-site at Kirtland AFB, NMTravel Requirements: up to 30% of time (generally less) within the continental United States.Working Hours: Standard 40 hours per week.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.