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Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking an experienced System Safety Engineering Manager to lead its rapidly growing safety organization in Costa Mesa, CA. The System Safety Engineering team partners across engineering, manufacturing, and operations to ensure autonomous systems are safe for development, testing, and deployment in complex operational environments. The mandate spans the complete product lifecycle, from early concept design through production scale-up and fielded operations.
In this role, you will lead and manage a team of System Safety Engineers, providing technical guidance and mentorship on system safety principles, best practices, and artifact development. You will manage resource allocation and capacity planning to support multiple concurrent programs, drive recruiting efforts to maintain growth trajectory, and conduct performance management and career development planning. You will develop and implement tailored System Safety program plans aligned with MIL-STD-882E and customer needs, define and communicate the organization's vision and framework to standardize development efforts, and oversee complex safety analyses including Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Safety Critical Functional Thread Analysis (SCFTA), and Safety Assessment Reports (SAR).
Additional responsibilities include developing system safety requirements and collaborating with design teams on safety solutions, supporting milestone reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR), liaising with customers and regulatory bodies on safety matters, driving continuous improvement in processes and methodologies, ensuring compliance with military and industry safety standards, contributing to proposal efforts, and providing management-level reporting on team performance and strategic initiatives.
REQUIREMENTS:
- B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
- 7+ years of experience in System Safety Engineering, with at least 1 year in a leadership role
- Proven track record building, scaling, and managing technical teams of 5+ engineers for complex advanced programs
- Strong background in safety analysis techniques, including FTA, FHA, SCFTA, and FMECA
- Extensive knowledge of MIL-STD-882E, JSSSEH or other relevant safety standards
- Experience with safety-critical hardware and software systems in the defense or aerospace industry, with preference for Weapon Systems
- Experience setting up a System Safety Engineering framework for a product or program, including early stage Design for Safety and Hazard Analysis experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with ability to influence cross-functionally at all levels
- Strategic thinking with ability to balance hands-on technical work with management responsibilities
- Eligibility to pursue and maintain a U.S. security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent
- 10+ years of experience in System Safety Engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
- Experience managing teams through periods of rapid growth (2x+ team expansion)
- Track record of developing talent and promoting team members into leadership roles
- Experience or familiarity with ISO 26262, ARP-4754, ARP-4761, and MIL-STD-516C
- Experience with software safety, software assurance, or Level of Rigor for safety-critical software systems
- Executive-level communications, reporting, and roadmap presentation experience
- Technical writing experience developing standards, specifications, user guides, and policies
- Experience with Relyence, Teamcenter, Confluence, JAMA, Cameo, and JIRA
- Experience drafting requirements for software and hardware systems
- Active U.S. security clearance
