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System Safety Engineer

Donatech Corporation
Tucson, AZ Contractor
POSTED ON 7/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/12/2027

Position would require the candidate to be a W2 employee of Donatech.
US Citizenship Required. 
Active Secret Clearance Required. 

As a Fellow System Safety Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

  • Detailed experience with System Safety Engineering
  • Detailed experience with System Safety and Life Cycle Engineering specifications, USG and UK regulations and safety boards including detailed knowledge on HACM variants
  • Knowledgeable / experience with Product Safety Officer (PSO) roles and responsibilities
  • Frequent presentations to Senior, Executive-level management at the client Corporate Level
  • Knowledgeable / experience with US Government Safety Review Boards' approval processes (WSESRB, SSSTRP, etc.)
  • Knowledgeable / experience with client's Life Cycle Engineering Disciplines, as well as Proposal Development especially for effectors
  • Problem resolution skills for triage, pragmatic solutions to safety issues
  • Leading one or more MIL-STD-882E compliant system safety programs involving management (task series 100), analysis (task series 200), evaluation (task series 300), and verification (task series 400).
  • Expert application of project management skills
  • Mentorship of junior safety engineers.
  • Actively engage in engineering review boards, and configuration control boards to stay on top of design changes and assess impacts to the established safety program.
  • Establish on-going feedback loop with functional and program management.
  • Lead & coordinate System Safety Working Group(s) between key client and Customer representatives.
  • Escalate risks to the appropriate level and follow through on corrective actions.
  • Interpret system requirements, customer specifications and military standards, to recommend compliance strategies to program leadership: Chief Engineer, Program Manager, Integrated Product Team Lead, etc.
  • Working across all integrated product teams and lines to properly eliminate hazards or provide effective controls.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across a range of engineering functions to identify and mitigate risks: Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Firmware Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Environmental Safety, & Health, Human Systems Interfaces, Test Engineering.
  • Analysis of engineering hardware, mechanical and electrical drawings and schematics assessing fault tolerance, latent hazards, and safety requirements compliance.

Qualifications You Must Have

  • In addition to the above requirements, typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 20 years of prior relevant experience.
  • Experience with risk assessment concepts, such as those in MIL-STD 882E
  • Experience writing technical reports and presentations.
  • Experience with briefing safety status to safety approval authority at technical reviews, safety review boards, and others as part of the safety approval process.
  • Experience managing a safety program.
  • A current Secret or Top-Secret U.S. government issued Security Clearance required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
  • Special program-specific security clearance required prior to start date.

Qualifications We Prefer

  • Experience with briefing at the military safety review board.
  • Experience with system and software safety implementation in Agile Development environment
  • Experience with interpersonal and project management skills, with the ability to manage a safety program and provide directions to support safety personnel
  • Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and Proposal Development
  • Experience interfacing with Human Systems Integration showcasing execution of Human Factors Engineering tasking involving MIL-STD-1472.
  • Experience with Engineering Change Proposals, Engineering Review Boards, System Safety Working Groups
  • Master's degree in science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)

Salary : $116 - $136

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