Supernal
Lead Engineer, System Safety
Irvine, CA · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$168k-$205kDetected 9 hours ago
Product ManagementDO-254Mechanical DesignResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationOrganizational Skills
> stay_score
odds of building a lasting career here
37Unrated
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role0
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70
No strong sponsorship signal in the public record yet. In the full product we resolve the exact legal entity and show its filing history with a confidence score — treat as unverified until then.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →> community_outcomes
No reports yet — be the first to help the next applicant.
About the role
- Are you ready to take human possibility to a new dimension with us?
- The future of mobility starts with people.
- You will be accountable for the overall safety strategy, governance, technical direction, and successful execution of the system safety function across the program.
Responsibilities
- ta-support@supernal.aero
- Own the System Safety function for assigned aircraft programs, ensuring the development and execution of the overall safety strategy throughout the product lifecycle
- Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of system safety activities across engineering disciplines, suppliers, and external partners
- Lead supplier and partner engagements related to safety analyses, compliance activities, and risk management
- Develop and uphold a structured, auditable and proactive safety process, aligned with SAE ARP4754A/ARP4761 and PL.2510
- Ensure effective cross-functional integration of safety requirements and risk mitigations with design, test, flight operations and compliance teams
Requirements
- If an export authorization from an applicable US regulatory agency is required in connection with your employment, your employment is contingent upon Supernal's receipt of such regulatory authorization(s) and your continued compliance with all conditions and limitations pursuant to such authorization(s).
Compensation
- $167,670 - $204,930 USD
Company info
- As our Lead Engineer, System Safety, you will take ownership of safety engineering across the full aircraft lifecycle.
- This role provides organizational leadership, drives safety-related decision making, and is ultimately responsible for achieving program-level safety objectives.
- In this role, you will operate at aircraft level, with responsibility not only for ensuring the delivery of core aircraft and systems safety assessments, but also for driving a coherent systems safety process across all engineering domains.
- This position requires an experienced professional with expertise in definition and application of processes and procedures in alignment with SAE ARP4754B and SAE 4761A, safety requirements definition, management & performance measurement within an agile product development environment.
- You will work with different engineering disciplines and will liaise closely with the Strategy Team to ensure requirements meet our customer & business case needs.
- What you can do:
- Serve as the technical authority and primary decision-maker for system safety matters, providing direction, prioritization, and risk disposition recommendations
- Represent the safety organization in executive reviews and provide clear communication of program safety status, risks, and recommendations
- Influence technical and program decisions by balancing safety, certification, performance, cost, schedule, and operational considerations
- Provide leadership for safety compliance activities supporting aircraft certification and regulatory approval and program milestones
- Act as a primary interface with certification authorities, designated representatives, and external stakeholders on safety-related topics
- Plan, lead, and review all system safety analyses (FHA, PSSA, SSA, CMA, PRA, ZSA, etc.) across the aircraft and define and verify system safety requirements and safety analysis artifacts to ensure design integrity and safety
- Provide technical expertise and guidance to the Engineering team and cross-disciplinary research & development teams working on the development & certification of passenger carrying eVTOL aircraft
- Mentor, coach and provide technical leadership to safety engineers and cross-functional engineering teams in all aspects of Safety System Engineering industry best practices
- Applies safety engineering principles to support investigation, analysis, planning, design, development, testing, evaluation, and implementation of eVTOL systems
- Reviews and prepares safety engineering and technical analysis reports, and other technical documentation
- Applies safety engineering principles to facilitate functions such as system integration, configuration management, and testing
- Drive consistency, quality, and continuous improvement of safety processes, methods, tools, and standards across the organization
- Influencing aircraft design to improve system safety features and design
- What you can contribute:
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace, electrical, mechanical engineering, or related field is required; advanced degree preferred
- A minimum of eight (8) years of aerospace experience leading safety engineering activities at the aircraft or system-of-systems level
- Proven ability to plan and deliver multiple safety analyses and workstreams to aggressive schedules
- Strong experience across the safety lifecycle delivering various functional safety analyses (AFHAs, PASAs, PRAs, ZSAs, ASA etc.)
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
- Please contact us to request accommodation at:
Visa & Work Authorization
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other category
Apply directly at Supernal →Create a free account for alerts like thisView Supernal immigration profile
This listing is sourced directly from Supernal's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.