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We are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.
Woodward supports our members’ wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Staff:
Estimated annual base pay: $113,200 (minimum) - $147,000 (midpoint) - $181,000 (maximum)
Senior Staff:
Estimated annual base pay: $145,000 (minimum) - $181,000 (midpoint) - $218,000 (maximum)
All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity 401(k) match (4.5%)
Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
12 paid holidays, including floating holidays
Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave
Paid parental leave
Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits
Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
Member referral bonus
Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
Voluntary benefits, including: Home / Auto Insurance discounts
Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave
*Open to Fort Collins, CO or Niles, IL locations*
Summary:
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated System Safety Engineer to join our Aerospace Electronics team. In this role, you will lead and support safety engineering activities for safety-critical aerospace electronic systems, partnering with systems, hardware, software, certification, quality, and program teams to ensure products are developed with disciplined safety assurance practices. The successful candidate will help define and validate safety requirements, evaluate system architectures, conduct safety analyses, and support compliance with applicable aerospace development and certification expectations. This position is ideal for an engineer who can translate complex safety objectives into practical design guidance, influence cross-functional teams, and help deliver robust electronic solutions for demanding aerospace applications.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead aerospace system safety activities across the product lifecycle, including hazard identification, safety requirements development, architecture safety assessments, verification planning, and certification support.
Perform and document safety analyses such as Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Preliminary System Safety Assessments (PSSA), System Safety Assessments (SSA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Common Cause Analysis (CCA), Particular Risk Analysis (PRA), and Zonal Safety Analysis (ZSA), as applicable.
Collaborate with systems, electrical, software, mechanical, test, quality, and program teams to allocate safety requirements, evaluate design alternatives, and ensure mitigations are implemented and verified.
Support development assurance and certification activities aligned with common aerospace standards and guidance, including SAE ARP4754 for aircraft and system development, SAE ARP4761 for safety assessment processes, RTCA DO-178C for airborne software, RTCA DO-254 for airborne electronic hardware, and RTCA DO-160 for…