Global Systems Safety Engineer

• Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Type: Contract
• Job #3433

Global Systems Safety Engineer
Colorado Springs, CO
Active Top Secret
Compensation Range: $125,000 - $155,000

Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees; we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Program Overview:
The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is the integrating element of the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense and combatant commanders at strategic, regional and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to collectively see the battle develop, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC is the force multiplier that globally and regionally networks, integrates and synchronizes autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is an integral part of all system ground and flight tests which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.

Job Responsibilities:

• System Safety engineering and development of program safety plans to provide the engineering team with application of safety policies and guidance
• Individual will provide support to MDA and other program personnel as required as well as other system engineering tasks as required
• Successful candidate will interface with team members and National Team management to ensure high quality products are generated on time and within the resources available
• Integration of the product lines
• Generation of responsible sections of the capability specifications
• Training less experienced personnel in SE and Safety techniques
• Reviewing the content and details of technical products, and acting as a technical interface to MDA working level counterparts on an as-required basis

Required Skills:

• Should possess System Engineering background with specialization in System and Software Safety
• Experience analyzing design to ensure safety requirements are met
• Ability to apply engineering principles to analyze and recommend design features that meet safety criteria in system design to control or eliminate hazards
• Experience developing safety documents to support customer and test requirements (SAR, SRA, SSPP)
• Experience with hazard identification
• Experience participating in System Safety Working Groups
• Must possess knowledge of MIL-STD-882E
• System engineering and software systems engineering experience required in developing new and integrating existing systems
• Ability to analyze high level needs and through a structured and logical approach refine the need into an integrated set of hardware and software
• Excellent communications skills desired (written and verbal)
• Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings

Company Benefits:
Cornerstone Defense offers a comprehensive list of benefits, designed to give employees and their families several options to choose from when selecting benefits that best fit their needs. These offerings include not only a full suite of the traditional Medical/Dental/Vision insurances, but also a number of other benefits and perks to include, but not limited to: A 401(K) plan with a company match, tuition and training assistances, paid vacation/leave, a fitness reimbursement program, college savings plan, commuter benefits, financial advisory services, flex spending accounts, health savings accounts, STD/LTD coverage, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance programs, life financial planning assistance, and legal resources.

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