Position Description Summary

APT Research is hiring a part-time on call

Senior System Safety Engineerto perform independent safety analysis of various U.S. Navy Torpedo systems to support our current Huntsville, AL / Newport, RI operations. This position can be based from a home office and is considered a remote opportunity.

APT is an employee-owned engineering services company specializing in conducting safety analyses for the U.S. Government. APT offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities that match your professional development interest, and excellent benefits including being voted as the best place for working parents. Our employees are owners, each share in the commitment to deliver safe, reliable, and innovative Analysis, Planning, and Test Solutions and services that exceed expectations, build employee pride of ownership, and optimize shareholder value.

Responsibilities include but may not be limited to,

• Perform system safety engineering activities, to include tasks focused on development of system safety analysis by identifying, documenting, and tracking system hazards
• Coordinates, develops, and executes comprehensive technical data packages and Safety Assessment Reports (SARs)
• Conducts safety analyses such as: Preliminary Hazard List Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHL/PHA), Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA), System Hazard Analysis (SHA), Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), Operating and Support Hazard Analysis (OandSHA), Health Hazard Assessment (HHA), System Requirement Hazard Analysis (SRHA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Producing and compiling documentation for reviews by the Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Boards (WSESRB) and its Technical Panels
• Understands the elements of system safety engineering, including hazard analyses, hazard categorization, end effects, causal analyses, mitigation requirements identification, documentation, tracking and implementing, and residual risk assessment
• Develops documents as required to support customer and test, operational, or range requirements
• Participates in accident investigations involving damage to products or related facilities and assists in identification of causes and corrective actions
• Perform audits of operational areas and reports effectiveness of the System Safety program
• Performs safety program management tasks including progress reports and tracking schedules
• Ancillary duties may include tasks associated with environmental safety and health, hazardous materials, industrial hygiene, human factors, reliability engineering, explosive safety, directed energy (laser) safety, and/or test range safety

Required Experience/Education:

• US Citizenship required
• Candidate must possess a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant safety experience
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant Naval weapon systems experience
• Experience in software safety
• Familiar with executing technical data packages
• Develop system safety analysis and have good knowledge of System Safety fundamentals
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work with limited supervision
• Familiar with DoD Safety Standards and Regulations
• Ability to prepare high level technical reviews and presentations
• The applicant must demonstrate familiarity with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Security Clearance Requirement:

• An active DoD Secret clearance (or higher), or the ability to get and maintain a DOD Secret clearance is required.

Preferred Experience:

Background knowledge of the Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board (WSESRB) and its Technical Panels, Laser Safety Review Board, and the Department of Navy Insensitive Munitions Reviews.

Detailed working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E and Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH)