Systems Safety Engineer

Are you passionate about safety? Would you like to contribute to the world’s safest transportation system?

As an engineer in the organization you will have the opportunity to work independently while leading teams tasked with evaluating safety issues for systemic causes and defining actions to prevent recurrence of the safety issue. This activity enables program and functional leadership to render informed safety decisions and preserves the operational safety of the commercial fleet going forward. This position offers exposure to all aspects of airplane production, design, and operation, mainly focused on evaluating the safety of our products during operation in service. The importance of this function can’t be over-stated as you will contribute to ensuring product safety.

Safety issue evaluations include consideration of the intended performance of the airplane design, published operational and maintenance guidance, and aspects involving human factors and the human/machine interface. Frequent engagement with our Air Safety Investigation group, quality organizations, certification experts, operations, and functional team experts from across the company make the position highly invigorating. We have a close-knit group with dedicated advisors and mentors to provide support in this highly collaborative teaming environment.

Position Responsibilities:

We lead Safety Lessons Learned investigations to identify systemic root causes and contributing factors (requirements, process changes, etc.) and associated actions to prevent safety issue recurrence on future designs

We coordinate closely with Boeing functional groups, management, executives, suppliers, and production to ensure all stakeholders are aligned on safety investigation process and the resulting Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA)

We work with functional groups within Boeing to investigate all aspects of the design, manufacturing, maintenance, and operational processes, bringing together diverse teams to develop company level solutions for highly integrated and complex product safety concerns

We coordinate within Boeing and the supply chain to ensure systemic root causes are adequately addressed in order to prevent recurrence of the safety concerns

We coordinate closely with the FAA to ensure the regulators have visibility of the safety investigation and resulting actions

We partner with Enterprise Safety and Safety Management Systems (SMS) to continuously improve our processes and tools to ensure we are ready for the future of BCA and to ensure these processes are consistent with the greater Boeing Enterprise

We act as a champion for product safety initiatives, objectives, and milestones

We value the ability to communicate complex technical issues with a large variety of audiences, to lead a group of diverse engineers and non-engineers, and to apply airplane level thinking to a variety of technical issues. As such, we are considered to be a valued resource by the broader safety organization, the programs we support, as well as executive leadership

We also recognize that diversity is a strong component in product safety and we recognize that a variety of different thoughts, contributions, backgrounds and opinions are necessary in order to make the safest product we can

We enjoy a good work-life balance, although occasional overtime may be required for urgent safety items

A successful Mid-Level candidate will have the following qualifications:

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work effectively with a diverse team

Intrinsic aptitude for taking initiative, leading cross functional teams and projects

Ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities to ensure they are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner

A successful Senior candidate will have the following qualifications:

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Strong ability to interact and communicate with Boeing senior management and technical peers from external Customers, including airlines and regulatory agencies

Ability to lead and mentor a diverse team

Intrinsic aptitude for taking initiative, leading cross functional teams and complex projects

Ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities to ensure they are completed accurately, efficiently, and in a timely manner

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

Bachelor or Masters or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

3 years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

5 years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Working knowledge with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) tools and/or the Boeing Problem Solving Model (BPSM)

1 years of project management knowledge

1 years of experience with commercial airplane operation, certification, safety requirements and procedures

Working knowledge of with Continued Operational Safety reporting processes per 14 CFR 21.3 requirements

1 years of experience working with FAA or other regulatory agencies

1 years of experience in Commercial Airplane-Systems design or analysis (e.g. Flight Controls, Hydraulics, Avionics, Fuels, etc.) or Systems Integration