System Safety Professional

Job Description

BAE Systems is seeking an exceptional System Safety Professional for an exciting opportunity to support the Air Force's acquisition of the next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).
Why BAE Systems? BAE Systems is the third largest defense contractor in the world with an exceptional, mission-focused culture. The 800+ BAE Systems employees and sub-contractors located at Hill Air Force Base, Utah are closely aligned to the United States Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. We support the Center in sustaining the existing LGM-30 Minuteman III (MM III) weapon system and acquiring its replacement, the LGM-35A Sentinel / Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD). We are a uniquely-valued mission partner delivering daily technical excellence and innovative solutions to our government customers. BAE Systems has earned accolades as a “Top Workplace” in Utah based on employee feedback for three consecutive years, earning special distinction for providing a healthy work-life balance for our valued employees. We work very hard to ensure this is a great place to work!
Why Utah? You’ve got to see it to believe it! Utah is an amazing state with diverse geography, an eclectic culture and an exceptional quality of life. We are located north of Salt Lake City at the foot of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains. The area offers an incredible range of outdoors pursuits across the seasons including hiking, climbing, hunting, fishing, camping, boating and world-class skiing at resorts that hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics. The state is home to 5 amazing National Parks and an easy drive from two more; Grand Teton and, famously, the first National Park in the world, Yellowstone. The Salt Lake City area offers a vast array of cultural activities and businesses including multiple professional sports teams. It is a western states hub for exceptional, cutting-edge medical care with people traveling from across the region for a range of nationally renowned specialty care centers and doctors. The Salt Lake International Airport is expanding and offers easy, direct access to just about anywhere you want to fly.
Why Sentinel? The Sentinel Program is an enormous and complex “Mega-Project” modernizing the entire ICBM weapon system deployed across tens of thousands of square miles in five states. Without any doubt, GBSD is one of the DoD’s most important acquisition efforts for the next decade, if not longer. It includes a complete refurbishment of hundreds of aging Minuteman III ICBM facilities to secure and support a newly designed, technologically advanced ballistic missile. It will also provide an entirely new command and control system as well as vast array of required support equipment specifically engineered to operate and sustain the new weapon system over the decades ahead. Sentinel is the Department of Defense’s newest official “program of record,” and has achieved Milestone B. It enjoys broad, strong support at the national level. It is a long-term project -- the weapon system will deploy over a 9-year period beginning in about 2026, and remain operational until at least 2075. Sentinel is a career-defining program that will present unique and challenging opportunities that simply are not available with smaller projects.
Tell me about this job. The System Safety Professional will support the Air Force’s ICBM weapon system and the Sentinel. These are long-term sustainment and acquisition programs which are anticipated to remain operational until 2075.
This individual is a System-level Safety Professional providing technical expertise in Safety-related efforts, and will actively contribute in the Systems Safety team in performance of the day-to-day team responsibilities. They will work with other organizational leadership on priorities, fostering strong relationships, meeting business goals, and so forth. This individual will also help build teamwork, improve communications, develop/enforce policies, and work with stakeholders (internal and external). This position provides the opportunity to develop and hone communication, customer relationship, and leadership skills while working with a close-knit fun-loving team of other system safety professionals.
This position works with System Safety, Nuclear Surety, Cybersecurity, Program Protection, and various other Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) supporting ICBM weapon systems, subsystems and supporting systems.
The successful candidate will be energetic, self-motivated, and have the ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment with the desire to make a difference. Knowledge and experience working with the DoD and/or Air Force Safety policies and processes and Safety Risk Management Frameworks is required.
The specific responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
•Serves as System Safety technical advisor, consultant, and primary point of contact to the System Safety Program Manager (PM), Mission Defense Branch Lead, and the Systems Engineering Division Lead.
•Provides training to all personnel for all safety evaluation processes and oversee all activities for programs.
•Evaluate all program documents, resolve all safety issues, and coordinate with system assurance manager to analyze all safety requirements.
•Participate in various safety regulations and recommend modifications to existing design and ensure compliance to all organization requirements and administer all human safety.
•Analyze and perform assessment on all safety hazards and recommend improvements to all human factor engineering processes and ensure optimal integration of safety features on designs and provide required training to same and ensure compliance to all customer requirements.
•Develop integrated system analysis plans.
•Coordinate with Nuclear Surety and Cybersecurity engineering process for all use cases, determine all safety requirements, and prepare required presentation for all safety evaluation meetings.
•Develop and participate in all test activities, ensure compliance to all safety requirements, and evaluate all system engineering documents.
•Perform required tests and monitor all work according to DoD, Air Force, state and federal regulations.
•Develop and implement all safety policies and procedures and coordinate with management staff to analyze and identify all risks and prepare reports for same.
•Evaluate all system safety engineering requirements and coordinate with company engineers to maintain quality of all processes.
•Conducts analysis using System-Theoretic Process Analysis for Security (STPA-Sec) process and tools.
•Fulfills System Safety responsibilities defined in DoD, Air Force, and MIL-STD Instructions.
This position is located at 6008 Wardleigh Rd, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Due to the special-access classified working environment, it is not conducive to full “telework” or remote schedules.
Pursuant to Government contract, this position requires US Citizenship.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

US Citizenship.
Secret security clearance. Able to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
BS/MS.
7 years directly related, progressive technical experience (5yrs with MS degree).

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

Top Secret security clearance.
Knowledge of / experience with Nuclear Surety, Cybersecurity, Program Protection, and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

About BAE Systems Intelligence & Security BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

Intelligence & Security (I&S), based in McLean, Virginia, designs and delivers advanced defense, intelligence, and security solutions that support the important missions of our customers. Our pride and dedication shows in everything we do—from intelligence analysis, cyber operations and IT expertise to systems development, systems integration, and operations and maintenance services. Knowing that our work enables the U.S. military and government to recognize, manage and defeat threats inspires us to push ourselves and our technologies to new levels.

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