0163 - Systems Safety Engineer

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Manassas, VA
91K-231K Annually
Junior
Aerospace
The Role
The System Safety Engineer will ensure aircraft systems safety, conduct safety analyses, define safety-critical requirements, and ensure compliance with safety standards.
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System Safety Engineer

About Electra: 

Electra’s next gen mission is to develop Ultra Short aircraft, built for Direct Aviation. We are redefining the next level of connectivity, pioneering direct aviation – without airports, emissions, or noise. Electra’s Ultra Short aircraft will revolutionize air travel by bringing it closer to where we live, work, and play, making new connections possible. This makes a new venture like Electra exciting and fast-paced. Headquartered in Northern Virginia, we're on a quest to build a team of insanely talented people who want to do meaningful work.

Position Overview: 

Electra is seeking a System Safety Engineer to ensure safety and reliability of aircraft systems throughout their lifecycle, from design to operation, for Electra’s EL9 Ultra Short aircraft. This role will focus on conducting safety analysis and risk assessments, defining safety-critical requirements, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and developing system safety documentation. This is an incredible opportunity to make a direct impact on a cutting-edge development program. 

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

  • Conduct safety analyses such as failure hazard assessments (FHA), system safety assessments (SSA), fault tree analysis (FTA), and failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA). Evaluate the severity and likelihood of hazards, assess risks, and define risk mitigation measures. 

  • Define safety-critical requirements for aircraft systems, working closely with design engineers to ensure safety considerations are incorporated into the system design. 

  • Support development of company and program-level safety documentation, including system safety program plans, safety assessment reports, safety analysis reports, and hazard logs.

  • Provide clear safety analysis reports to stakeholders (including regulatory bodies) to support certification and operational approval. 

  • Ensure compliance with national and international aviation safety standards, including Safety of Aircraft Systems (DO-178C, DO-254) and ARP 4754A (Guidelines for the development of civil aircraft and systems). 

  • Participate in design reviews to evaluate safety-critical aspects of the aircraft systems and provide recommendations for design improvements, ensuring that safety issues identified during the design phase are addressed and tracked through implementation. 

  • Identify potential failure modes for aircraft systems and their impacts on overall safety, working with the appropriate engineering disciplines to define and implement mitigation strategies (e.g., redundancy, fault tolerance). 

  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams consisting of engineering, operations, program leadership, suppliers and certification leads, to ensure safety considerations are integrated into all aspects of aircraft design and operations. 

  • Provide safety-related training to engineering teams, ensuring they understand system safety principles and practices. 

  • Promote a safety culture within the engineering organization. 

  • Stay up to date with changes in aviation safety regulations, standards, and best practices. 

  • Other duties as assigned. 
     

Required Education and Experience: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline with at least 2 years of relevant experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience) 

Required Skills and Qualifications: 

  • Experience with aircraft systems engineering, with a specific focus on safety-related roles.

  • Experience in performing safety analyses such as Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), System Safety Assessments (SSA), and/or other safety-related techniques.

  • Exposure to reliability engineering and risk management principles. 

  • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills. 

  • Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, team-oriented environment. 

  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills. 

Desired Skills and Qualifications: 

  • Experience with safety certification processes on a FAA Part 23 aircraft certification program.

  • Exposure to full life-cycle development of aircraft systems, from initial design and analysis to testing, certification, and operational monitoring. 

  • Practical experience with safety-critical systems in both development and operational settings. 

  • Private pilot certificate. 

  • Fundamental understanding of system safety processes, procedures, and analytical methods. 

Location: 

Headquarters in Manassas, VA. To encourage close collaboration this position is strongly preferred to be on-site. 
Travel: 25%
Salary: Electra's salary range for this position is: $91,000.00- $231,000.00
Our salary ranges reflect the minimum and maximum range for the Company level overall across all locations & projects and does not necessarily reflect the budgeted amount for this position. Individual pay is based on additional factors, including project budgets, job-related skills, experience, relevant education and/or training, role, level, location, and project.

Top Skills

Arp 4754A
Do-178C
Do-254
Failure Modes And Effects Analysis
Fault Tree Analysis
System Safety Assessments
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The Company
HQ: Falls Church, VA
28 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Electra is a new aerospace company developing and manufacturing hybrid-electric aircraft to advance urban and regional mobility. Our mission is to decarbonize aviation with clean, quiet, environmentally friendly airplanes that can operate without conventional runways and we are backed by some of the biggest players in aerospace. Our world-class team of engineers isn’t afraid to disrupt the status quo and we plan to change the world with modern ideas that challenge conventional thinking. Electra is headquartered in Northern Virginia with operations in Cambridge, MA, and Switzerland and growing quickly.

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