Aerospace Safety Engineer, Fort Worth

Job Description

Job Description

Responsibilities: Lead and perform safety analyses in accordance with ARP4671, including Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Human Factors (HF), System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), Common Cause Analysis (CCA), Failure Modes&Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Preliminary System Safety Assessments (PSSA), and System Safety Assessments (SSA). Develop and maintain the Safety Program Plan and ensure compliance with FAA/EASA certification requirements. Work closely with Systems Engineering to ensure that safety requirements and verification methods are defined, allocated, and traceable.Translate STPA-derived safety constraints and loss scenarios into system requirements, verification activities, and certification evidence that remain traceable through the safety lifecycle. Identify and evaluate potential hazards in aircraft systems and operations, ensuring risks are properly classified and mitigated.Apply STPA methods to identify unsafe control actions, causal scenarios, control-loop issues, and safety constraints across aircraft systems, operational procedures, and human-machine interfaces. Coordinate with flight test and design engineers to validate safety-critical requirements through analytical methods, simulation, and test evidence.Prepare and manage compliance evidence for certification authorities, ensuring safety documentation supports the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) process, to include the drafting and owning of Issue Papers per AC 20-166A. Support design reviews, safety boards, and certification audits, presenting safety analyses and hazard mitigations.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate DO-178C, DO-254, and DO-160 considerations into future developments. Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field. Proven experience conducting safety assessments aligned with ARP4671 and related certification standards, with working knowledge of STPA or system-theoretic hazard analysis methods.Strong background in system safety processes (FHA, PSSA, SSA, STPA, FMEA, FTA), including both traditional reliability-based analyses and control-structure-based hazard analysis. Ability to develop and review STPA artifacts, including loss definitions, hazards, control structures, unsafe control actions, causal scenarios, and derived safety constraints.Familiarity with regulatory guidance including 14 CFR Part 23/25, ARP4754A, ARP4761. Ability to develop safety-related documentation, including evidence matrices for certification. Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills to support high-stakes certification programs.