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Salary: USD 160,000 - 211,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology. The company's Lattice OS is an AI-powered operating system that integrates thousands of data streams into a real-time, 3D command and control center. Anduril brings cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to military systems.
The Reliability & System Safety Engineering organization is hiring Systems Safety Engineers across the product portfolio, including Air Dominance & Strike, Maritime, Ground Systems, Space, Counter-UAS, and Autonomy/Lattice domains. The team works with broader Engineering to ensure products are safe and meet mission performance, environmental, and customer requirements.
As a Systems Safety Engineer, you will autonomously drive system-level safety decisions, apply advanced analysis techniques, influence design trades, and lead complex failure investigations. You will partner with Reliability, Systems Engineering, and Hardware & Software teams across the product development lifecycle to deliver safe, mission-ready products.
Key responsibilities include:
- Execute System Safety program plans aligned with MIL-STD-882E and program-specific requirements
- Conduct safety analyses including FHA, Fault Tree Analysis, SCFTA, FMECA, and System Safety Assessments at system and sub-system levels
- Develop safety requirements and collaborate with design teams to implement safety solutions
- Identify and document hazards and risks, manage hazard tracking, and ensure proper risk mitigation strategies
- Support the Design Requirements Process to ensure teams adhere to safety best practices
- Support Development Milestone Reviews (PDR, CDR, QDR) representing System Safety
- Lead Safety corrective actions from RCCA investigations and Mishap Reports
- Verify and validate risk and hazard reduction measures
- Liaise with internal stakeholders and support customer and regulatory engagements
- Drive continuous improvement in System Safety processes and methodologies
- Ensure compliance with relevant military and industry safety standards
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 5 years of industry experience as a Systems Safety Engineer or equivalent engineering background
- B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
- Experience with safety-critical hardware and software systems in defense or aerospace industry
- Familiarity with MIL-STD-882E and other relevant safety standards
- Strong background in safety analysis techniques including FTA, FHA, SCFTA, and FMECA
- Experience with requirements decomposition for Safety
- Failure investigation/analysis experience with proven track record of solving problems and preventing reoccurrence
- Design Review experience (PDR, CDR, MRR) and confident presentation skills
- Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and excellent communication skills with ability to collaborate cross-functionally
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
- Experience or familiarity with ARP-4754, ARP-4761, MIL-STD-516C, and JSSSEH
- Experience with Relyence, Teamcenter, JIRA, JAMA, Cameo, and/or Ansys
- Software safety case development experience
- Experience with risk management, change control/change management reviews, and software/firmware HITL/SITL
- AI/ML software safety experience
