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Flight Safety Engineer

Employer
Lockheed Martin
Location
Callao, VA
Closing date
Jan 28, 2022
COVID-19 continues to significantly impact our employees, families and communities. With employee health and safety as our top priority, and as a federal contractor, Lockheed Martin is taking action to address the increased risk and uncertainty COVID variants pose in the workplace and ensuring we meet our commitments to national security.To uphold safety for all employees, we will continue to request vaccination status for all Lockheed Martin employees including new hires. All current and newly hired employees who are unvaccinated will be required to adhere to onsite safety protocols.Description:This position is in support of CH-53K test and operations at PAX River.Typical tasks of a Flight Safety Engineer may include: . Perform a variety of system safety engineering tasks to support development, flight test, operations, production, fleet support and accident investigation for helicopter programs and projects.. Manages Engineering, Program Management, and other Aviation and Product Safety groups and key stakeholders to aid safety hazard identification for design and changes to the air vehicle system; hazard analysis; hazard mitigation including assignment of safety requirements to subsystem/components; oversight through hazard control verification; and hazard tracking. . Develops, refines and tracks metrics to assess the safety of the fielded fleet of aircraft.. Coordinates and participates in review boards, self-assessments and audits as an independent safety advocate. . Supports safety compliance requirements for programs/platforms.. Conduct site risk assessment when required. . Liaise with and support Sikorsky legal department in aviation matters. . Present safety briefings to customer, pilot and maintenance groups.. Apply scientific and engineering principles, criteria, and techniques to identify and track potential safety hazards. . Perform safety analyses, conduct safety risk assessments and develop recommendations for risk mitigation. . Support review of flight and ground test plans. . Provide safety support to internal Sikorsky flight test, maintenance and production operations.. Collaborate with site and enterprise leadership to enhance safety risk management.. Interface with civil and military customer Flight Safety Officials and ensure compliance with the aviation safety requirements of DCMA INST 8210 and corporate safety policies. . Interface with the Model Development Safety Committee (MDSC), as directed, to identify flight test safety hazards and approve risk mitigation strategies. . Ensure adequate risk mitigation and safety oversight for hazardous energy test operations (Laser, Radar, HF, IR etc.).Basic Qualifications:Basic Qualifications : . Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in engineering, or equivalent experience/combined education. Desire 5 years industry or military experience that has provided specialized knowledge in several of the following areas: o aviation accident investigation,o aviation operations, o aviation maintenance, o aviation safety,o systems safety. . Desired experience includes detailed and diverse technical systems knowledge of Sikorsky products obtained through development, testing or operations. . Experience drafting technical reports, including an understanding of aircraft technical terms and the capability to interact with subject matter experts. Must provide accurate, concise and clear factual explanations of complex information. . Experience with technical examinations and component teardowns; familiarity with basic failure analysis methods. . Ability to both lead investigations and participate as a team member. . Ability to develop documents, spreadsheets and presentations utilizing Microsoft Office Suite.. Maintains currency with advancing technologies in the fields of aviation, flight training, operational procedures, accident investigation.Desired Skills:Desired skills : . Experience interacting with domestic and international civil and military investigation authorities.. Expertise with Flight Operations Quality Assurance and Health and Usage Monitoring Systems data highly desired. . Sikorsky rotary wing aviator and/or engineering experience on Sikorsky product line. . Experience with Insight Analysis Tool. . Experience analyzing accident trend data with Tableau Data Analytics or other analytics software.. Familiarity with military, FAA and international civil authorities' regulations.. Experience with customer support engineeringBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:job.QualificationsLockheed Martin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.Join us at Lockheed Martin, where your mission is ours. Our customers tackle the hardest missions. Those that demand extraordinary amounts of courage, resilience and precision. They're dangerous. Critical. Sometimes they even provide an opportunity to change the world and save lives. Those are the missions we care about.As a leading technology innovation company, Lockheed Martin's vast team works with partners around the world to bring proven performance to our customers' toughest challenges. Lockheed Martin has employees based in many states throughout the US, and Internationally, with business locations in many nations and territories.EXPERIENCE LEVEL:Experienced Professional

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