Senior System Safety Engineer

About the Role

This position offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute engineering expertise supporting the Navy’s Surface Fleet. Located onsite at Henderson, Western Australia, the role involves close collaboration with Defence and industry partners to achieve mission objectives. Employees will enjoy access to current technologies and receive expert mentorship facilitating professional growth.

Raytheon Australia was awarded a contract to deliver Capability Lifecycle Management Services for the Royal Australian Navy’s Minor Vessels fleet across Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland. As a System Safety Engineer, you will collaborate with engineering authorities, engage stakeholders, conduct assessments, and review Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs). The role demands the application of advanced technical knowledge and innovative solutions while managing cost and schedule sensitivities.

Concurrently, you will have opportunities to enhance your skills in System Safety Engineering processes and methodologies through national networking and managerial support. Working within a collaborative team, you will serve the Royal Australian Navy by liaising directly with peers, Australian Defence Force members, capability partners, subcontractors, and suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical liaison between customers, management, and implementation teams by performing systems analyses to define functions, performance criteria, and interface requirements aligned with system safety parameters.
• Participate in System Design tasks including trade studies to ensure system safety documentation aligns with the baseline product and all subsystems, ensuring performance requirements are met.
• Conduct technical risk analyses to support the development and review of hazard logs, safety case documentation, and risk mitigation plans.
• Apply systems safety engineering methodologies, tools, and procedures to fulfill assigned duties proficiently.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, enhancing Raytheon’s reputation as a dependable provider of systems integration and mission support solutions.
• Lead the coordination and facilitation of system safety working groups.
• Represent system safety considerations and strategic direction as a key spokesperson, complying with Raytheon and customer policies.
• Provide technical mentorship and leadership, guiding team members in system safety engineering practices.

Experience and Qualifications

• Possess a relevant tertiary engineering qualification (e.g. electrical, electronic, structural, or mechanical engineering) and professional development credentials sufficient for Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) recognition.
• Demonstrated experience across engineering disciplines including requirements definition, management, analysis, design, verification, and validation.
• Proven capability in representing engineering professional services to both internal teams and external clients.
• Availability to travel as needed for the position.

Equal Opportunity and Additional Information

Raytheon Australia is committed to equal opportunity employment. Applications will be evaluated without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.