Senior Avionics Systems Safety Engineer (REMOTE)

Belcan is seeking a Senior Avionics Systems Safety Engineer to work remotely from anywhere in the U.S. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance in the development of real-time embedded systems, managing system safety requirements, and performing various safety analyses to support system design and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross functional integration teams to ensure compliance in development of real time embedded systems and embedded software including systems, software, hardware, and certification engineering stakeholders
• Develop, manage, and maintain system safety requirements -- allocation, traceability, validation, and verification
• Support system design and architecture activities to ensure safety considerations are adopted and incorporated throughout the design and development
• Contribute to systems integration efforts, identifying, resolving and / or mitigation of safety impacts across interfaces and subsystems
• Support compliance with applicable industry standards and regulatory guidance (FAA, EASA, TC)
• Perform safety analyses (Architecture Safety Assessments, Hazard Identification, System Safety Assessments (SSA / PSSA) Functional Hazards Analysis (FHA), Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Process Hazard Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, System Safety Risk Assessment, etc.)
• Experience with common cause analyses, especially common mode analysis
• Document results of safety analyses and risk assessments on the project timelines and per content expectations. Includes ability to communicate key results and/or recommendations to stakeholders in a manner that gets positive outcomes
• Provide advice and counsel on pertinent safety-related regulations, standards, and processes - in a clear and concise manner ('bottom line up front')

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Science, Mathematics or related scientific degree
• 5+ years systems safety analysis experience in a safety-critical environment
• 5+ years in system / software development of avionics or similar embedded systems
• Experience generating system safety documentation, especially FHA, FTA, FMECA
• Experience with systems safety and systems engineering tools (CAFTA 11.x or equivalent)
• Experience working in complex system development and/or sustaining projects in a systems safety capacity
• Aptitude and interpersonal skills to work collaboratively and drive consensus and alignment within and across organizational boundaries and / or multiple IPT (product teams)
• Proficiency in Systems Engineering methods and practical application
• Due to the nature of the work performed, ship is a requirement
• Experience working in design and development of avionics / airborne platforms requiring civil certification approval or similar regulated industries such as defense or medical
• Knowledge of airborne regulatory approval processes (ARP-4754/4761, DO-178B/C, ISO-26262, applicable Mil-STDs)
• Knowledge of FAA Part 25 for aircraft system installations
• Ability to influence executives, key decision-makers and highly technical resources
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong project Management skills - identification of scope, schedule and cost related issues before they become reality