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L3Harris Technologies

Senior Specialist, System Safety and Reliability Engineer

palm bay, FL

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L3Harris Technologies lists this Senior Specialist, System Safety and Reliability Engineer opportunity in palm bay, Florida. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title: Senior Specialist, System Safety Engineer

Job Code: 42574

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Principal Specialist, System Safety Engineer will provide technical leadership for safety analyses across Airborne Solutions programs, including cockpit displays, mission processors, and sensors. Typical tasks include hazard analysis, causal analysis, risk assessment, safety program planning, and reporting.

Essential Functions:

Lead hazard analysis, causal analysis, hazard tracking, and safety risk assessment IAW MIL-STD-882E, ARP4754A, and ARP4761

Working knowledge of DO-178 and DO-254 development processes

Lead development of System Safety Program Plans, Hazard Analyses, and Safety Assessment Reports

Lead and present system safety risk assessments at customer design review meetings

Present safety cases to WSESRB, FISTRP and/or SSSTRP

Consult with other engineering staff to evaluate interfaces between hardware, software, and operational performance requirements of the overall system.

Strong oral/written communication and customer interface skills

Prepare work estimates, schedule inputs and metric data to project management

Work closely with Government customers to ensure that the System Safety requirements are defined and implemented in a way that will allow for the verification and validation of the system

Document System Safety artifacts in DOORS and/or Cameo

Willing to travel to customer sites when required.

Ability to obtain US Government clearance.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

Active Secret Clearance

Senior-level system safety and design experience in software, electrical, computer, or mechanical engineering

Bachelor's degree in Systems, Software, Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical Engineering

STAMP/STPA

Software Safety development per DoD Joint Software System Safety Handbook, STANAG 4404, AMCOM 385-17 or AOP 52

Reporting hazardous materials (NAS-411)

Assessing Human Machine Interfaces per MIL-STD-1472

General Reliability practices (FMEA, FMECA, FTA, FRACAS and RCCA)

Requirements development and flow-down

OSHA 29 CFR 1910 and 29 CFR 1924

Certified Safety Professional

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination.

All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws.

L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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Worksite address

palm bay, FL, 32905, US

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