Safety Engineer

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Job Description

The Safety Engineer is responsible for ensuring that the Electric Engines are designed according to the safety standards required for aerospace applications. The Safety Engineer will capture the safety requirements, perform safety analysis of the design, and elaborate the documentation to demonstrate the equipment complies with the safety requirements.

The safety Engineer will influence the design team (system, motor and electronics) so that the design meet the required safety and reliability requirements.

For this position the candidate will work in a collaborative cross-functional environment for the development of an Electric Engine.

 Job Description

• Responsible for the capture of the safety requirements form the customer specification and regulatory requirements
• Responsible for the safety review of the preliminary system and equipment architecture
• Responsible for the execution of safety related activities for compliance with ARP4761
• Responsible for the elaboration of safety and reliability analysis and documentation such as, but not limited to:
  • System Safety Assessment.
  • Fault Tree Analysis.
  • FMEA/FMECA.
  • Common mode Analysis.
  • Particular Risks Analysis
• Use of reliability prediction computational tools such as Ram Commander to evaluate equipment failure rates
• Interface with the System, Equipment and Electronics engineer in order to ensure the safety related aspects.
• Interface with the customer as focal point for cybersecurity aspects
• Capture equipment requirements for compliance with cybersecurity regulation

• Experience with new product development and phase-gate processes
• Experience with System Safety Assessment of aerospace systems and ARP4761
• Experience with safety analysis of electronics equipment and circuits
• Experience with electronics reliability prediction
• Willingness to work with, and travel to, domestic and international design and manufacturing locations when necessary.
• Manages complexity
• Manages ambiguity
• Communicates effectively
• Collaborates
• Plans and organizes
• Attention to detail
• Cultivates Innovation
• Builds networks
• Interpersonal savvy
• Action oriented
• Optimizes work processes
• Balances stakeholders
• Being resilient
• Customer focus
• Nimble learning

• Experience in safety aspects of high voltage equipment
• Experience in FAA Part 23 or Part 25.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s or PhD’s degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Control Engineering, or a related field
• 7 years of experience in Safety Assessment for Electronic Equipment

Technical – T4

Organizational Impact
• Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with major impact on departmental or job family results, using extensive technical principles
• Seasoned technical contributor; works under limited supervision
• Works independently on a wide range of moderately complex projects and may be responsible for entire projects or processes within team
• May contribute to the development of goals and planning efforts for the department
Communication & Influence
• Communicates with senior leadership and employees within and outside of department and/or job family on matters that require explanation, interpretation and/or advising; may communicate with external clients or partners depending upon the job area
• Influences employees within the business unit to agree and align on new concepts, practices and approaches
Innovation & Complexity
• Responsible for moderate to significant improvements of technical/business processes, procedures, or systems to contribute to the performance of the team
• Problems are moderately complex, requiring application of broad and deep experience and technical expertise, and may impact multiple departments and/or job family
Leadership & Talent Management
• Coaches, reviews and delegates work to other professionals
• Manages end-to-end projects or processes
Knowledge & Experience
• Requires extensive (deep or broad) technical knowledge of specialty area with cross-functional and working knowledge of industry practices/other areas, typically obtained through advanced education and strong experience
• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 7 years of prior relevant experience

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