Energetics Safety & Assurance Officer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Develop, execute, and sustain the System Safety Program Plan (SSPP) in accordance with MIL-STD-882E and pertinent regional or customer-specific standards.

• Conduct and facilitate hazard analyses, including Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), System Safety Hazard Analysis (SSHA), Operational Hazard Analysis (O&SHA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and fault tree analysis across weapon and aerospace subsystems.

• Own and oversee the hazard tracking process, managing risks through assessment, mitigation, verification, and resolution.

• Lead inquiries into safety incidents, near misses, test anomalies, and other safety-critical occurrences, establishing and following up on corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

• Supervise adherence to explosives safety regulations encompassing siting, storage, handling, transportation, insensitive munitions, and quantity-distance criteria.

• Collaborate directly with range safety officers and internal teams to facilitate live-fire and flight test operations.

• Ensure that energetic materials, warheads, propulsion systems, and other safety-critical elements satisfy certification standards prior to integration and testing.

• Coordinate export control and end-use compliance documentation with legal and compliance teams in accordance with applicable arms export and dual-use regulations.

• Engage with certifying authorities, government representatives, and customer quality teams throughout qualification and acceptance processes.

• Maintain configuration control, documentation, and comprehensive traceability for safety-critical components and systems.

• Serve as the safety authority within Integrated Product Teams, providing safety insights during Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), and Test Readiness Reviews (TRR).

• Counsel engineering teams on safety-critical design margins, fail-safe and fail-operational architectures, arming and fuzing logic, and risk mitigation strategies.

• Educate and assist production, integration, and test personnel in the safe management of live and inert ordnance.

• Present senior leadership and relevant government safety boards with updates on safety status, outstanding hazards, mitigations, and overall risk posture.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another relevant technical field.

• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in defense systems safety, explosives safety engineering, system safety engineering, or a closely related area within a defense manufacturing setting.

• Comprehensive working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E or equivalent system safety frameworks.

• Practical understanding of insensitive munitions requirements, such as STANAG 4439-type frameworks and relevant range safety protocols.

• Hands-on experience performing hazard analyses, FMEA, fault tree analysis, and creating safety case documentation.

• Experience with safety-critical hardware and complex multidisciplinary engineering systems.

• Familiarity with export control regulations applicable to munitions, defense products, and dual-use technologies.

• Strong technical documentation skills with the capacity to translate complex safety assessments into clear actions and decisions.

• Professional working proficiency in English.

• A Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline is advantageous.

• Certification as a Safety Professional (CSP) or an equivalent system safety qualification is a plus.

• Direct experience with missile propulsion, energetic materials, warhead integration, arming and fuzing systems, or UAS flight test safety is highly regarded.

• Prior experience working with military airworthiness, range safety, ordnance certification, or other relevant government authorities is a significant advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Professional development and continuous learning opportunities.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• A supportive and inclusive work environment.