Systems Engineer - Associate System Safety Engineer

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Lockheed Martin Space has an opportunity for an experienced System Safety Engineer at our Littleton, CO facility. If you have an interest in working for a company that develops national defense systems, come and be a part of our System Safety Engineering Team. At Lockheed Martin Space, we are passionate about creativity and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and forward thinking, everything is within our reach and yours -- as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your System Safety skills, training, and education. Come and experience your future!

You will use your Systems Engineering Knowledge and System Safety Expertise to analyze hardware and software, establish and maintain system safety requirements in support of mission results. You will support the Systems Engineering team throughout the lifecycle of the system. You will support detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies, and support the translation of customer requirements into hardware and software requirements. You will support Systems Engineering during System Integration and will support verification/validation of system requirements. As our System Safety Engineer, your responsibilities will also include the following tasks:

Develop and/or update Preliminary Hazard List (PHL), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Functional Hazard Analyses (FHAs), System Hazard Analyses (SHA), and Safety Assessment Reports (SAR)
Prepare presentations and participate in Design Reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, Technical Interchange Meetings, and various working groups and safety review meetings
Develop and/or update System Safety documents to support Customer, Range Safety, and contractual requirements
Review and provide input to test procedures for adherence to System Safety requirements
Coordinate with test range safety teams and writing range safety reports to support testing
Development and maintenance of a Hazard Tracking System (HTS) used to document real and potential hazards, their assessments, and their respective mitigation's.

This position is contingent on program award, expected in 3Q 2026.

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

To promote the sharing of ideas, Lockheed Martin fosters a work environment that encourages differences and big-picture thinking. Our employees play an active role in strengthening the quality of life where we live and work by volunteering more than 850,000 hours annually.

Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy:

Medical
Dental
401k
Paid time off
Work/life balance
Career development
Mentorship opportunities
Rewards and Recognition

Click here to learn more about Lockheed Martins competitive edge. Knowledge of System Safety Standards

Knowledge of the development, documentation, and verification of system requirements.

Knowledge of System Safety principles to include hazard identification, analysis, risk mitigation and/or associated deliverable documentation.

Ability to obtain Top Secret security clearance, therefore U.S. Citizenship is required Secret security clearance (or above)

Experience using MIL-STD-882E and AFSPCMAN 91-710, or other relevant industry and/or range safety standards

Experience defining safety requirements, influencing design to integrate safety requirements, and verifying safety requirements.

Software system safety experience

Experience participating in System Safety Working Groups

Experience with Satellite Programs

Familiarity with MBSE

Familiarity with DOORs

Effective communication skills with the ability to engage and interact in group meeting/working environments with team members, development organizations and customers.

Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

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