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PR025-086- SYSTEMS SAFETY ENGINEER
QTEC AerospaceHuntsville, AL🇺🇸United StatesPosted 17 Aug 2026
Why This Role Stands Out
This Systems Safety Engineer role at QTEC Aerospace offers a fantastic opportunity to contribute to impactful projects alongside a diverse team of industry and government professionals. You'll thrive in this collaborative, fast-paced environment if you possess strong systems engineering principles, a detail-oriented approach, and a passion for ensuring safety in complex systems. Apply today to grow your expertise and make a real difference!
Quick Overview
Work Type
On Site
Level
Mid Senior
Job Description
QTEC Aerospace is seeking a SYSTEMS SAFETY ENGINEER to join our team of professionals in Huntsville, AL. The qualified applicant will become part of a team of professionals representing both industry and government. The successful candidate will be detail oriented, have a proven track record and a positive work ethic.
Job Summary
QTEC Aerospace is looking for highly capable and motivated individuals. The successful candidates will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program, engineering, and technical support.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
Responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to the following:
Minimum Education and Experience
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Security Clearance
Candidates must currently have and be able to maintain a minimum DoD SECRET level security clearance.
Location
Huntsville, AL
QTEC, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and advancement in employment without regard to any applicable local, state or federally protected class, characteristic or non-merit based factor.
Job Summary
QTEC Aerospace is looking for highly capable and motivated individuals. The successful candidates will function as an integral member of a multi-contractor team providing program, engineering, and technical support.
Job Duties/Responsibilities
Responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to the following:
- The candidate will thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/teams comprised of all experience levels
Minimum Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM and 3 years of related work experience, or a PhD. and 1 year of related work experience
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Must be able to work on-site in an office environment.
- At least 2 years of experience with requirements decomposition and management
- Working knowledge of systems engineering principles and processes
- Verification experience or knowledge
- Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS
- Experience developing Certification or Verification packages for all levels of requirements (including safety requirements for operations, flight test, and ground test)
- Experience developing systems engineering and systems safety products in an Agile environment
- System Safety Engineering experience conducting comprehensive system safety analyses IAW MIL-STD-882E, including Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), System Hazard Analysis (SHA), and Operating & Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA) to ensure compliance and mitigate operational risks
- Missile Defense Weapon System experience
Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Experience with Requirement Verification methods such as Test
- Associate Safety Professional (ASP) / Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Certificate
- Demonstrated independent planning, organization, and working in cross-functional teams with a customer focus
- Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and associated tools
- INCOSE or System Engineering certification
Security Clearance
Candidates must currently have and be able to maintain a minimum DoD SECRET level security clearance.
Location
Huntsville, AL
QTEC, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and advancement in employment without regard to any applicable local, state or federally protected class, characteristic or non-merit based factor.
Skills
Agile
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