NextChapter
← Search all jobs

Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering - System Safety

L3HARRIS Technologies

Palm Bay, FL · Posted October 14, 2026

Just laid off? Start here: a plan for the first weeks

See every open role at L3HARRIS Technologies

More in Florida job market · Aerospace & Defense · Engineering jobs

More roles at L3HARRIS Technologies

Engineering jobs in the rankings

Rankings about engineering jobs

Engineering jobs · Top Engineering employers · All rankings

How AI is used in this kind of work

AI use among health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors is little observed so far. Measured exposure for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors: 0% (little observed).

Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Check how this applies to your own job

Skills this job asks for

Say which you have and which you want to build. We use it to match you to jobs like this one.

About the job

Job Title: Senior Specialist, System Safety Engineer

Job Code: 42574

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Senior Specialist, System Safety Engineer will provide technical leadership for safety analyses across Airborne Solutions programs, including cockpit displays, mission processors, and sensors. Typical tasks include hazard analysis, causal analysis, risk assessment, safety program planning, and reporting. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure safety requirements are effectively integrated into system design, development, and verification activities throughout the program lifecycle.

Essential Functions:

Lead hazard analysis, causal analysis, hazard tracking, and safety risk assessment IAW MIL-STD-882E, ARP4754A, and ARP4761

Working knowledge of DO-178 and DO-254 development processes

Lead development of System Safety Program Plans, Hazard Analyses, and Safety Assessment Reports

Lead and present system safety risk assessments at customer design review meetings

Present safety cases to WSESRB, FISTRP and/or SSSTRP

Consult with other engineering staff to evaluate interfaces between hardware, software, and operational performance requirements of the overall system.

Strong oral/written communication and customer interface skills

Prepare work estimates, schedule inputs and metric data to project management

Work closely with Government customers to ensure that the System Safety requirements are defined and implemented in a way that will allow for the verification and validation of the system

Document System Safety artifacts in DOORS and/or Cameo

Willing to travel to customer sites when required.

Ability to obtain US Government clearance.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

Active Secret Clearance

Senior-level system safety and design experience in software, electrical, computer, or mechanical engineering

Bachelor's degree in Systems, Software, Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical Engineering

STAMP/STPA

Software Safety development per DoD Joint Software System Safety Handbook, STANAG 4404, AMCOM 385-17 or AOP 52

Reporting hazardous materials (NAS-411)

Assessing Human Machine Interfaces per MIL-STD-1472

General Reliability practices (FMEA, FMECA, FTA, FRACAS and RCCA)

Requirements development and flow-down

OSHA 29 CFR 1910 and 29 CFR 1924

Certified Safety Professional

#LI-KT1