Senior Avionics Safety Engineer – Part-Time

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Conduct civil safety evaluations in line with ARP4761, encompassing Functional Hazard Assessments, Preliminary System Safety Assessments, System Safety Assessments, Fault Tree Analyses, and Common Mode Analyses.

• Assist systems, hardware, and software engineering teams in establishing system safety requirements throughout the development phase.

• Review design and development documentation pertaining to safety-critical equipment.

• Evaluate analyses performed by peer safety engineers.

• Provide mentorship and training to junior safety engineers.

• Take responsibility for commitments and obligations to team members and organizational leadership.

• Cultivate and sustain expertise in assigned programs, functions, processes, or technologies.

• Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and organizational leaders to formulate strategic plans.

• Act as a recognized authority in avionics safety.

• Contribute to safety and reliability initiatives for cutting-edge avionics technologies across regional jets, business aircraft, and commercial transports.

⛳️ Requirements

• A University Degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related discipline with a minimum of 3 years of experience.

• Background in aircraft systems, hardware, or software engineering.

• U.S. citizenship is mandatory.

• Familiarity with CAFTA or similar Fault Tree analysis tools is preferred.

• Working knowledge of ARP4761 is preferred.

• Basic understanding of ARP4754A, DO-254, DO-178B/C, and DO-297 is preferred.

• Experience in preparing and presenting technical information to peers, internal management, and external clients is preferred.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including technical writing and presentation abilities are preferred.

• Experience in coordinating projects and complex engineering tasks is preferred.

• Basic knowledge or experience in reliability engineering theory is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.

• Generous 401(k) plan featuring employer matching funds and a separate employer retirement contribution, inclusive of a Lifetime Income Strategy option.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• Student Loan Repayment Program.

• Life insurance and disability coverage.

• Optional pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, and ID theft protection.

• Benefits for birth, adoption, and parental leave.

• Carrot Health, fertility, and family planning support.

• Adoption Assistance.

• Autism Benefit.

• Employee Assistance Plan, offering up to 10 complimentary counseling sessions.

• Healthy You Incentives wellness rewards program.

• Doctor on Demand virtual consultations.

• Bright Horizons child and elder care services.

• Teladoc Medical Experts second opinion service.

• Flexible work schedules.

• Employee Scholar Program.

• Paid time off and holidays.

• Potential availability of annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs; payments are not guaranteed.