Systems Safety Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description

At General Dynamics Land Systems we put our Customers at the centre of everything we do. Our commitment to protect and enable the people who serve drives us to develop products and systems that give them a clear advantage for mission success. We are looking for passionate individuals to help us deliver innovative, unique solutions to our Customers.

The Systems Safety Specialist / Engineer opening is a current vacant position at General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada.  The base salary hiring range for this position is $70,400 to $92,400 per year. Once in the role, successful candidates will have the opportunity to progress through the full salary range based on performance. This range reflects the base salary only and does not include additional components of our total compensation package, such as our incentive award program and other rewards like health benefits, employee profit-sharing, retirement savings, and more. If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss all details of our total rewards offering with you.

Job D escri ption

The Safety Specialist role is responsible for performing System Safety, Health Hazard and Hazardous Materials analyses during system / subsystem design for the purpose of ensuring vehicle crew safety, as well as quantifying and reducing the system’s impact to the environment. The Safety Specialist is involved throughout the design process including requirements development, concept development, and final design development, presenting the results of these analyses and recommendations for improvements at internal and external design reviews.  Additionally, the Safety Specialist is responsible for preparing and providing a variety of reports / Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs) as required to support contract and testing requirements.

Key Job Elements

• Collaborate with design teams to conduct hazard and risk assessments related to System Safety, Software Safety, Occupational Health, Hazardous Materials and Environmentally damaging material during vehicle design and work to mitigate
• Use various safety analysis techniques to perform preliminary hazard assessments, such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA)
• Evaluate designs to compliance with relevant safety standards and regulations (e.g., ISO 26262, MIL-STD-882).
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including design, systems and project engineering to proactively address safety concerns.
• Evaluate customer requirements for Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health (ESOH) and determine vehicle compliance
• Create and manage Hazard Logs, Risk Registers, and conduct Hazard Tracking
• Support System Engineering Department in development of the System Specification Document ensuring safety, occupational health and hazardous materials requirements are captured
• Support defining software safety requirements, complete software safety analyses and support software safety testing conducted by the Software Team
• Support, as required, ESOH testing (Noise Testing, Air Quality Testing) to determine compliance to contract and / or system specification requirements
• Support, as required, Safety, Occupational Health, Hazardous Materials and Environmental Impact reports to be submitted to the Customer

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Working Conditions :

Physical Conditions and Hazards :

The conditions in which an individual or staff works, including but not limited to such things as amenities, physical environment, stress and noise levels, degree of safety or danger, temperature, location.

1) Physical Environment : Office

2) Hazards : NA

Physical Demands Description :

This section objectively captures and describes the physical demands that are required to perform a particular job or role. Usually completed by the ergonomist

Usual mobility demands required are standing, walking, sitting, and stair climbing to access upper offices.

Equipment Utilized :

This section describes the type of equipment an employee is required to use :

Computer

Phone

Mobile device

Medical Surveillance

May include : Anthropometrical Size Restrictions depending on task

Personal Protective Equipment :

Applicable when interacting with shop floor (safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection. extraction coveralls)