Sentinel - Principal Systems Safety Engineer - 17585

Principal Systems Safety Engineer

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks an experienced Principal Systems Safety Engineer to work on the Sentinel program. The primary design location is Roy, UT, with additional opportunities in Colorado Springs, CO. The role involves influencing product safety design and ensuring compliance with secret‑level security clearance requirements.

Role Overview

The System Safety Engineer will independently analyze and recommend design features that meet safety criteria to control or eliminate hazards. Responsibilities include active participation in the design of products, systems, support equipment, and facilities; creation of functional specifications and safety requirements; development of safety documents; performing operational audits; evaluating the interrelationship of system safety requirements with other design aspects; and ensuring cost‑effective program execution.

Responsibilities

• Influence design to meet safety expectations and requirements for Northrop Grumman products.
• Independently analyze and recommend design features that mitigate hazards.
• Participate in design of products, systems, support equipment, and facilities.
• Create functional specifications and establish safety requirements for assigned systems.
• Develop safety documents to support customer and test/operational range requirements.
• Perform audits of operational areas and report on the effectiveness of the system safety program.
• Evaluate interrelationships between system safety requirements and concept design and development requirements to ensure a cost‑effective program.
• Generate or review design artifacts supporting system safety analyses for weapons system design, flight test, and flightworthiness of complex systems.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university.
• Minimum 5 years of experience for a Bachelor's degree, 3 years for a Master's, or 1 year for a Doctorate (if applicable).
• Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application and within scope, with ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval.
• At least 1 year of experience using MIL‑STD‑882E for preliminary, functional, subsystem, system, operating, and support hazard analysis.
• At least 1 year of experience with Safety Assessment Reports.
• At least 1 year of experience using DO‑178 or DO‑254 for design development.
• At least 1 year of experience with C/C++, Java, object‑oriented design or similar software development experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience using MIL‑STD‑882E or similar processes for hardware and/or software design development.
• Experience leading a team in software safety processes during Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase.
• Experience developing in an Agile environment.
• Model Based Systems Engineering experience.
• Experience developing missile flight systems software.
• Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certification.
• Weapon system experience (e.g., Minuteman III or similar military or industry experience).
• Active Top Secret clearance with investigation within the last 6 years.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• 401(k)
• Educational assistance
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance programs and work/life solutions
• Paid time off
• Health and wellness resources
• Employee discounts

Compensation and Schedule

Primary level salary range: $98,400.00 – $147,600.00. This position follows a 9/80 work schedule, allowing employees a nine‑hour day Monday through Thursday and every other Friday off.

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit