Senior System Safety Engineer

RTX

Senior System Safety Engineer at RTX managing safety programs and coordinating with teams to mitigate risks in aerospace systems. Requires STEM degree and government security clearance.

Posted 6/22/2026full-timeEl Segundo • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $95,500 - $181,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Developing and implementing one or more MIL-STD-882E compliant system safety programs
Performing MIL-STD-882E System Safety Program tasks and analyses, or customer’s approved equivalent
Coordinating with customer safety representatives, applying methods, standards, and techniques to provide clarification of system requirements to software, hardware, and test personnel to ensure design and architecture considerations are appropriately allocated to the system and horizontally integrated across the development teams.
Coordinating with customer safety representatives to gain safety approval from appropriate Safety Review Board authorities
Working across all integrated product teams and lines to properly eliminate hazards or provide effective controls.
Collaborating with Program Management and government approval authorities from program startup through production to demilitarization and disposal backgrounds
Performing System Safety planning, hazard analyses, and design analyses
Briefing safety considerations at technical reviews and as part of the safety approval process
Interpreting system requirements, customer specifications and military standards
Preparing internal and customer reports describing various analyses relevant to the System Safety program
Collaborating across multiple disciplines to gain a full understanding of product architecture and design
Interfacing with other engineering functions: Systems Engineering, Software or Firmware Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Hardware Engineering
Managing System Safety Working Group(s) between key Raytheon and Customer representatives
Ability to work on Special Access Program(s)

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of five (5) years of relevant prior experience.
Experience with System & Software Safety Engineering
Active and transferrable final U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date.
US citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Experience developing and implementing MIL-STD-882E System Safety Program tasks and analyses, involving management (task series 100), analysis (task series 200), evaluation (task series 300), and verification (task series 400).
This includes hardware and software safety related tasks.
Experience with DoD System Safety Programs e.g. MIL-STD-882 / DO-178
Experience with written, verbal and presentation skills
Experience with system and software safety implementation in Agile Development environment
Experience solving complex problems by leveraging available resources and research material
Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and Proposal Development
Experience interfacing with Human Systems Integration showcasing execution of Human Factors Engineering tasking involving MIL-STD-1472.
Experience with Engineering Change Proposals, Engineering Review Boards, System Safety Working Groups
3 years’ experience with a master’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
life insurance
short-term disability
long-term disability
401(k) match
flexible spending accounts
flexible work schedules
employee assistance program
Employee Scholar Program
parental leave
paid time off
holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

MIL-STD-882ESystem Safety EngineeringHazard AnalysisDesign AnalysisAgile DevelopmentEarned Value Management Systems (EVMS)Human Factors EngineeringEngineering Change ProposalsSystem Safety Program tasksSoftware Safety Implementation

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationProblem SolvingPresentation SkillsInterpersonal SkillsCoordinationTechnical BriefingTeam ManagementAnalytical ThinkingCustomer Engagement

Certifications

U.S. government issued Secret security clearance