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SAIC

System Safety Engineer

Pay: Not specified

Posted: 06/10/2026

Location: Stafford, VA (Onsite)

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

Hours: Full-Time

Expires: 9/24/2026

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What they do

A Marine Engineer or Architect designs, constructs, tests, and maintains ships and other water-going vessels. May specialize in marine engineering and work on the mechanical systems that propel vehicles. May specialize in marine or naval architecture and focus on the basic structure and design of a ship. May specialize in a particular type of vessel, or a system or process involved in ship design.

$105,460 / year median in Virginia

+1% projected growth

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Job Description

Description A successful candidate will work as part of a team analyzing equipment to identify hazards, categorize risk, and recommend mitigations to reduce the probability/severity of a mishap resulting in injury to personnel, equipment damage, and/or damage to the environment. Candidates will collaborate with government personnel, vendors and the user community to ensure the safety of Marine Corps weapons systems and platforms.

Tasks include:

Systems safety analysis of hardware and software for US Marines Corps weapons systems. Prepare/update Safety Assessment Reports. Generate Hazard Logs, Risk Acceptance letters, and Safety Releases in accordance with DoD and Marine Corps requirements. Prepare National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation in support of Marine Corps acquisition programs. Review System Requirements documentation to identify potential hazardous conditions and make recommendations to system design in collaboration with program staff. Perform operational analysis to identify potential deficiencies in operating procedures, training documentation, maintenance procedures, storage and handling procedures, and/or ordnance handling procedures. Make recommendations to commendations to resolve deficiencies. Review and make recommendations to test plans to ensure safety requirements are met. Assess Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and other system change requests to identify/verify safety risks.

Qualifications Education Requirements:

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or a technical related field, or military experience at E-6 or higher. 5+ years of experience. Active secret clearance.

Qualifications:

Experience conducting System Engineering Analysis, System Safety Analysis, Risk Management and/or Hazard Analysis. Experience working with US Navy or US Marine Corps combat systems or platforms. Experience operating, maintaining, testing, or analyzing weapons systems or complex mechanical or software systems. Systems Engineering experience with US Navy or US Marine Corps weapons systems. Experience preparing technical reports.