System Safety Engineer – Level 3/4

Northrop Grumman

Systems Engineer Level 3/4 with Northrop Grumman focused on ensuring system safety for launch systems. Collaborating with teams to evaluate safety requirements and implement critical safety features.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $89,400 - $134,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Interact with key internal and external customers and partners regarding system safety topics.
Work with or lead a small team of System Safety engineers in defining, implementing, and verifying System Safety requirements to ensure that the inherent risks are mitigated.
Apply the systems engineering process to define and verify launch vehicle and ground support equipment requirements to ensure safe operations and conduct system safety analyses to architect and implement a safe and robust system.
Manage interface with customer safety and launch integration personnel and support ground operations and launch mission working groups as requested.
Conduct system level analysis of next generation mission concepts and designs to maximize mission success without compromising compliance with customer, government, and internal flight safety requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 3 years of related experience, or 1 year of experience with a PhD.
Experience with launch vehicle system design, testing, or mission operations
Exposure to the systems engineering discipline and its application for system safety
Familiarity with FAA, RCC-319, RCC-324, SSCMAN 91-710, and/or MIL-STD-882
Applicants must be a current U.S. Citizen
Must have active US Government Interim Secret Security Clearance or higher

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools

systems engineeringsystem safety analysislaunch vehicle designmission operationsrequirements verificationrisk mitigationground support equipmentsystem safety requirementssystem level analysissafety compliance

Soft Skills

team leadershipcustomer interactioncommunicationcollaborationproblem-solving

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreePhDUS Government Interim Secret Security Clearance