System Safety Engineer
LeidosHuntsville, Alabama, United States
Posted March 18, 2026
131300 - 237350 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead, visit careers.leidos.com for our latest opportunities.
Job Description
Leidos is seeking a System Safety Engineer to join a matrixed organization of systems engineers, model-based systems engineers, and specialty systems engineers. The System Safety Engineer will support between 1 and 3 efforts simultaneously, performing system safety analysis tasks in accordance with MIL-STD-882E and customer program requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited university
- 12+ years of experience or an MS with 10+ years
- Demonstrated familiarity with MIL-STD-882E and its application to system safety programs
- Experience in deriving requirements for complex electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and software systems
- Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area
- Possess a secret clearance
Benefits
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Generous Paid Time Off