System Safety Engineer
Dayton, OHThe Air Force Research Laboratory's Safety Branch (AFRL/RQY) is seeking a mid-level System Safety Manager to support the Integrated Capabilities Directorate.DR-02: $73,484 - $115,388, DR-03: $101,420 - $143,324Job Overview
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The Safety Division within the AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate seeks to fill a System Safety Engineer position, DR-0803-02/03, at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Position duties include, but are not limited to:
- Directs all system safety efforts within the Integrated Capabilities Directorate (AFRL/RS) and reports to AFRL Wright Site Chief of Safety (AFRL/RQY). Serves as a staff advisor to the Director(s) on all matters relating to safety and health.
- Uses engineering principles, methods, and techniques to establish R&D program system safety requirements.
- Plans and executes a comprehensive safety and health program that entails the development and interpretation of new concepts, regulations, and standards to identify and control hazardous conditions of a high-risk nature and to enforce compliance with numerous stringent safety requirements that are difficult to evaluate.
- Requires ability to identify hazards and assess risk for flight and ground test programs in accordance with requirements identified in AFRL and AFMC Supplements to AFI 91-202 and using principles specified under MIL-STD-882E. Requires a familiarity with applicable occupational Safety and Health Act standards/requirements and impacts in a laboratory environment.
- Serves as Safety Review Board (SRB) Chair on flight and ground test activity conducted within the Directorate, to include the Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI), Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office (SDPE), and the Transformational Capabilities Office (TCO), under both in-house and contract efforts, on and off-base.
Telework
Yes, this position is eligible for situational telework; as determined by agency policy
Remote Work (CONUS)
No, this position is not approved for remote work.
Required Qualifications
- United States Citizenship
- Education: Professional engineering degree from an accredited school of engineering, or combination of education and experience, or evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer in Training examination, or successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences
- Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and practices governing ground, flight, system, and occupational safety programs
- Extensive knowledge of government and industry concept principles and practices relevant to the management and implementation of safety programs
- Communicate and coordinate high level initiatives through the use of exceptional oral and written skills
- Create a variety of products for high level review, to include staff summary packages, briefings, and supporting documents
Desired Qualifications
- Extensive knowledge and experience in reviewing flight test plans for research activities (both manned and unmanned). The ability to identify and assess hazards related to flight testing.
(Requisition No. 88431)
Series
0803