Safety Engineer

i3 is seeking a Safety Engineer to support the EUAS Product Office. This position will provide system safety, risk management, and technical engineering support for cutting-edge EUAS systems that enhance lethality, survivability, and situational awareness for Soldiers.

The Safety Engineer will support the planning, coordination, and execution of comprehensive system safety activities across EUAS. The candidate will support safety engineering efforts throughout the product life cycle, including prototyping, development, testing, qualification, production, fielding, product improvement, and sustainment.

This role includes performing risk management tasks, risk analyses, hazard identification and classification, hazard tracking, and evaluation of mitigation and corrective actions as part of the overall engineering and acquisition effort. The candidate will help ensure system safety is considered during all phases of Defense Acquisition and will support the successful delivery of high-reliability systems in a fast-paced, innovative product office environment.

The Safety Engineer will collaborate with project engineers, systems engineers, quality assurance personnel, government offices, contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders to support safe, effective, and efficient delivery of EUAS capabilities to the warfighter. The candidate will provide technical support and leadership on safety-related matters and will evaluate safety documentation, risk products, system safety analyses, and contractor safety processes for technical competence, completeness, and accuracy.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong engineering judgment, technical problem-solving ability, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams. The candidate should be able to assess complex systems involving EUAS Systems, develop safety recommendations, support acquisition planning, and prepare technical and programmatic documentation and briefings for leadership and stakeholders.

• Support system safety, risk management, and technical engineering activities within the EUAS Product Office.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute comprehensive system safety activities for EUAS products.
• Support safety engineering efforts for EUAS platforms across the full product life cycle.
• Perform risk management tasks, risk analyses, hazard identification and classification, and hazard tracking.
• Evaluate mitigation and corrective actions to determine their effectiveness in maintaining safe systems and platforms.
• Serve as a technical advisor on safety-related matters for EUAS systems.
• Ensure system safety is considered throughout prototyping, development, testing, qualification, production, fielding, product improvement, and sustainment activities.
• Support Defense Acquisition activities and provide safety input to program planning, technical reviews, and acquisition documentation.
• Support monitoring of cost, schedule, and performance for safety and technical activities within the product office.
• Coordinate with project engineers, systems engineers, quality assurance personnel, government offices, contractors, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Evaluate contractor system safety products, plans, analyses, and processes for technical competence, completeness, and accuracy.
• Provide recommended changes to contractor documentation based on technical evaluations.
• Perform research, analysis, and staff coordination in support of risk documentation.
• Prepare, update, review, or assist with System Safety Risk Assessments, Risk Determinations, and related risk acceptance documentation.
• Prepare, update, review, or assist with hardware and software safety analyses.
• Support development and review of Functional Hazard Analyses, Fault Tree Analyses, System Safety Program Plans, System Safety Management Plans, and System Safety Assessment Reports.
• Prepare, review, or provide input to software safety technical data packages in support of materiel release and fielding efforts.
• Develop, review, or evaluate safety requirements for incorporation into new and existing system development or improvement efforts.
• Identify safety risks, issues, and opportunities and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Prepare and present safety, engineering, risk, and programmatic briefings to leadership and stakeholders.
• Work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic, fast-paced government product office environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least ten (10) years of relevant safety engineering, systems engineering, aviation, defense, acquisition, or technical program experience.
• Experience supporting system safety, risk management, hazard analysis, or safety assessment activities.
• Experience supporting safety activities for complex defense, aviation, UAS, missile, EUAS, or related technical systems.
• Experience with risk management tasks, risk analyses, hazard identification, hazard classification, and hazard tracking.
• Ability to evaluate mitigation and corrective actions for safety effectiveness.
• Understanding of system safety activities across the acquisition life cycle.
• Ability to support development, testing, qualification, production, fielding, product improvement, or sustainment activities.
• Ability to evaluate contractor safety products, plans, processes, analyses, and documentation.
• Ability to prepare, review, or support technical, safety, and risk documentation.
• Ability to coordinate with engineering, quality, program management, contracting, government, and contractor stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong organizational, leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and task management skills.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance is required.

 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting EUAS, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, aviation systems, missile systems, or other advanced defense platforms.
• Experience supporting a Program Management Office or Product Office environment.
• Experience supporting Army aviation, Army acquisition, Defense Acquisition, or related defense programs.
• Experience with MIL-STD-882, AR 385-10, AMCOM 385-17, or related system safety requirements.
• Experience with SAE ARP 4754/4761, RTCA DO-178, DO-278, DO-254, DO-330, or related industry standards.
• Experience preparing or reviewing System Safety Risk Assessments, Risk Determinations, or related risk acceptance documentation.
• Experience developing or reviewing Functional Hazard Analyses, Fault Tree Analyses, System Safety Program Plans, System Safety Management Plans, or System Safety Assessment Reports.
• Experience supporting hardware or software safety analysis.
• Experience supporting materiel release, fielding, or technical data package development.
• Experience coordinating safety activities with government organizations, defense agencies, contractors, vendors, or external stakeholders.
• Experience monitoring cost, schedule, and performance for technical or safety-related efforts.
• Experience preparing and presenting technical, safety, risk, or programmatic briefings to leadership.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to clearly communicate safety, engineering, risk, and technical information in discussions, documents, and briefings.
• Ability to interact professionally with customers, staff, contractors, vendors, government personnel, and stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize multiple technical tasks.
• Ability to work well under pressure while maintaining professionalism.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and logical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to evaluate system-level technical information and recommend practical safety solutions.
• Ability to support rapid innovation while maintaining disciplined system safety practices.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Initiative and willingness to support a rapidly evolving Launched Effects, UAS, safety, engineering, and acquisition environment.

 Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.  
• Regular i3 hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday, however, additional hours may be required on occasion. Regular and punctual attendance is required. 

Founded in 2007, Integration Innovation, Inc. (i3) is headquartered in Huntsville, AL, with additional offices in Orlando, FL, and the National Capital Region. We are a 100% team member-owned mid-tier integrator with over 800 employee-owners, and our culture speaks for itself: we've earned ten Best Places to Work® awards, driven by strong employee engagement, transparent leadership, and a genuine commitment to communication.

i3 team members operate at the leading edge of national defense across a broad range of technical disciplines, from systems and software engineering to modeling, simulation, and training solutions to cybersecurity, digital engineering, and enterprise IT. We also take products from prototype through production, bringing that same engineering rigor to manufacturing and delivering hardware at scale. For candidates, that means a rare opportunity: the innovation and mission focus of an engineering services company paired with the hands-on impact of building and delivering real solutions that benefit the Warfighter, all inside an employee-owned company where your contributions directly shape both the mission and your ownership stake in the business.