Sr. Principal System Safety Engineer
United States-California-Palmdale · United States-Oklahoma-Oklahoma City$145k–$266kPosted Jul 8, 2026
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
## Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
## Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom and democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have a lot of fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they’re making history.
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is seeking a Sr. System Safety Engineer to support the B-2 program in either Palmdale, CA or Oklahoma City, OK.
The successful candidate will be assigned to develop and deliver System Safety products as required using MIL-STD-882 as guidance.
Essential Functions:
* Identification, classification, adjudication, and management of hazards in a closed-loop tracking system
* Cross-IPT coordination to support hazard and safety requirement adjudication
* Communication of safety risk to the appropriate levels
* Being cognizant of the system design and functions
* Preparing and presenting SRR, PDR, and CDR packages to document hazards and associated safety requirements
* Flow down of derived safety requirements to the appropriate IPTs
* CDRL delivery
* Acquiring design cognizance of the aircraft
* Identification, classification, and documentation of Subsystem Hazards and Critical Safety Items (CSIs)
* Mentoring various experience levels of safety engineers
Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and at least 9 years of Engineering experience OR at least 7 years with Master’s Degree OR at least 4 years with PhD
* Understanding of and experience with a MIL-STD-882 or ARP4754 safety program
* Experience with interfacing to a military customer or safety counterpart
* Must have an active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
* Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience in Software Engineering or Software Safety
* Active TOP SECRET or higher DoD Security Clearance
* Participation in System Safety Working Groups (SSWGs) or similar interface meetings (eg. SSGs, WSESRB, SSSTRP, etc.)
* Knowledge and experience with SAE ARP4761, MIL-STD-882E, Joint Software System Safety Handbook (JSSSEH), DO-178B/C, MIL-HDBK-516C, DO-254, SAE ARP4754A, and/or AOP-52.
* Experience conducting a Preliminary Hazard List (PHL), Preliminary Hazard Assessment (PHA), Functional Hazard...