Job Description

LOCATION: San Luis Obispo, CA US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes RELOCATION AVAILABLE: No SHIFT: 1st Shift

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero) is a growing aerospace company in the San Luis Obispo area that provides various services which include but are not limited to: rapid system development, on-demand niche engineering, hands-on development/testing, electric aircraft design, and small UAS aerospace system manufacturing.

JOB SUMMARY:

ESAero is seeking an experienced System Safety Engineer to join our team in San Luis Obispo, CA. This engineer will develop and support system safety assessment activities of unique all-electric and hybrid-electric aircraft configurations. Responsibilities include both qualitative and quantitative assessments of system safety per standard aerospace industry practices - including but not limited to Functional Hazard Assessment, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, and lifetime reliability analysis. Engineer will be tasked with team leadership roles and expected to delegate and coordinate safety assessment tasks with other employees, including Level I/II engineers.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Support the development of system and item level requirements documents
• Assist in the development of Safety Assessment Process planning
• Develop and conduct Safety Assessment Process aircraft development activities
• Coordinate task delegation and execution with a small engineering team
• Regularly report on progress to Program Manager
• Collaborate with 3rd party engineers
• Interface with industry experts regarding safety assessment and aircraft certification

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field

• 5+ years of relevant engineering experience

• Prior experience with safety analysis of aircraft systems:

• Top-down safety development & validation processes

• Aircraft function identification and function tree development

• Identification of isolated and common-cause failure modes

• Aircraft system design through functional safety analysis

• Familiarity with aircraft development safety analysis processes:

• FHA, PSSA, CCA, FTA, FMEA, ZSA

• Familiarity with aircraft quantitative analysis:

• Basic component and system reliability analysis

• MTTFF, MTBF, Failure Rates

• Familiarity with FAA Regulations 14 CFR Part 23/25, 27/29, 91

• Familiarity with system Risk Management strategies

• Willing to relocate to San Luis Obispo, CA

• U.S. Citizen

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field

• 7+ years of relevant engineering experience

• Experience with dedicated system reliability analysis tools:

• ReliaSoft reliability assessment toolkit or similar

  • • Reliability Block Diagrams
      • Reliability Phase Diagrams

• Experience with electric aircraft propulsion technology

• Familiarity with SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice Guidelines and Methods:

• ARP4761

• ARP4754A

• Familiarity with additional FAA Regulations 14 CFR Part 33, 35, 36, 121, 135

• Familiarity with ASTM aircraft certification Means of Compliance:

• ASTM F3061 /F3061M

• ASTM F3230

• ASTM F3264-17

• Familiarity with software and hardware design assurance processes:

  • DO-178C
  • DO-254

• Experience managing small engineering teams

STANDARD BENEFITS:

• Salary: (Depends on experience)
• Health: Health/Dental/Vision
• Retirement: 401k with company match
• Schedule: Flexible schedule, PTO
• Casual dress code, Free snacks, Dog friendly office
• Amazing location to live, work, and play

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