Staff Engineer, Safety - X-BAT (R5312)

The Safety Engineer for the X-BAT program will support the development, integration, and verification of system-level safety requirements for this revolutionary next-generation platform.

You will collaborate closely with the System-Safety /Airworthiness Lead, Systems Engineering, and technical Responsible Engineers to maintain the safety baseline and Hazard Tracking System for X-BAT.

Responsibilities:

• Work with System-Safety / Airworthiness Lead to derive, refine, and validate safety requirements for the X-BAT platform and support systems.
• Apply system safety engineering methods to analyze subsystems, interfaces, and integrated architectures, identifying hazards and mitigation strategies.
• Guide engineering teams in allocating safety requirements and verifying mitigation effectiveness.
• Support development of the safety case and certification evidence for X-BAT.
• Partner with cybersecurity specialists to develop and validate cybersecurity related safety requirements.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering to audit, refine, and assure the X-BAT Hazard Tracking System, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and closure of hazards.
• Assist in creating, reviewing, and maintaining airworthiness and technical safety documentation for X-BAT.
• Support mishap and near miss investigations for the X-BAT platform, providing technical system-level context.
• Participate in design reviews, safety working groups, and change boards to ensure safety considerations are integrated early in the design lifecycle.
• Contribute to risk assessments and support readiness reviews for test, integration, and operational events.
• Direct engagement with Customer and DoD System Safety representatives and alignment of systems, expectations and analysis.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (systems, aerospace, electrical, mechanical, or related field).
• 5–8+ years of experience in system safety, airworthiness, or mission-critical system engineering.
• Experience generating or maintaining hazard logs (HTS/Hazard Tracking Systems).
• Working knowledge of system safety processes and hazard analysis tools.
• Familiarity with requirements management and hazard tracking systems.
• Strong analytical and technical communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Preferred qualifications:

• Prior experience with UAS or autonomous aircraft platforms.
• Experience with MIL-STD-882, ARP-4761, STANAG safety frameworks, or similar.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity requirements for safety-critical systems.
• Experience generating or maintaining hazard logs (HTS/Hazard Tracking Systems).
• Experience working in fast-paced development or prototyping environments.