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Its flagship munition, Anthem, combines heavy payload and long range at a fraction of the cost of comparable legacy systems, with production volumes designed to meet the demands of prolonged conflict. Designed as an end-to-end weapon system that is simple to store, transport, and field, Anthem is produced in the United States, Germany, and Israel. For more information, visit covenant.com\nTHE ROLE\nAs the Lead System Safety & Environmental Engineer, you will own program safety, hazard management, and environmental compliance for the Anthem Low-Cost Munition. You will serve as Covenant's primary system safety authority, working closely with Engineering, Test, Quality, and Program leadership while interfacing directly with U.S. Government customers and external test organizations.\nYou will lead the development and execution of the System Safety Program, manage the enterprise Hazard Tracking System, and oversee safety-related testing and analysis across the program. This role combines technical system safety expertise with hands-on test coordination, data analysis, technical documentation, and customer engagement. You will be responsible for ensuring safety requirements are understood, hazards are continuously tracked and mitigated, and final test plans and reports meet the expectations of our Government customers.\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\nOwn and execute the System Safety Program for the Anthem weapon system.\nDevelop and maintain the System Safety Program Plan (SSPP), Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA), and Safety Assessment Report (SAR).\nApply MIL-STD-882E and AMCOM Regulation 385-17 throughout the system lifecycle.\nMaintain continuous hazard identification, analysis, tracking, mitigation, and closure across the program.\nManage Covenant's enterprise Hazard Tracking System (HTS) and ensure hazards, controls, and verification activities remain current.\nConduct software safety analysis in partnership with embedded and flight software engineering teams.\nMap software safety risks and mitigations to flight-control firmware and system-level hazards.\nSupport Government Software System Safety Technical Review Panel (SSSTRP) and System Safety Working Group (SSWG) activities.\nServe as the primary safety interface with Army, Navy, and other Government customers.\nCoordinate safety-related testing with external ISO/IEC 17025-accredited laboratories and test facilities.\nDevelop and review test plans, procedures, data packages, and final test reports for Government submission.\nInterpret raw test data, including high-speed diagnostics, blast overpressure measurements, thermocouple data, and other environmental test results.\nSupport the preparation and execution of live-warhead testing for hazard assessment and system safety qualification.\nOversee testing associated with Insensitive Munitions requirements, including Basic Safety, Fast Heating, and Sympathetic Reaction testing.\nLead planning and coordination for Electromagnetic Hazards testing, including Hazardous Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO) and Personnel-borne Electrostatic Discharge (PESD).\nSynthesize test results into formal technical reports and safety assessments for delivery to Government customers.\nEvaluate environmental impacts associated with the program and manufacturing processes.\nDevelop and maintain environmental compliance documentation, including Pollution Prevention Plans, Hazardous Waste Reports, and Hazardous Materials Management Program Plans (HMMP).\nEnsure product design and manufacturing processes comply with applicable environmental requirements, including the elimination of Class 1 Ozone Depleting Chemicals (ODCs).\nPartner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Test teams to identify safety and environmental risks early in the product lifecycle.\nStay current on applicable DoD, NATO, environmental, and industry standards and incorporate changes into program requirements and processes.\nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Safety Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related technical field.\n7+ years of experience in system safety, weapons safety, aerospace, defense, or a related engineering discipline.\nProven experience executing System Safety programs in accordance with MIL-STD-882E.\nExperience applying AMCOM Regulation 385-17 or equivalent U.S. DoD system safety requirements.\nExperience developing safety artifacts including SSPPs, FHAs, hazard analyses, safety assessments, and SARs.\nExperience with hazard identification, risk assessment, mitigation, verification, and hazard tracking.\nExperience supporting safety testing and interpreting technical test data.\nStrong technical writing skills with the ability to produce clear, rigorous engineering documentation for Government customers.\nExperience working directly with Government customers, test organizations, or external engineering partners.\nAbility to manage multiple technical workstreams and drive safety requirements to completion.\nStrong communication and organizational skills with the ability to work effectively across Engineering, Test, Quality, and Program teams.\nAbility to obtain and maintain a U.S. SECRET security clearance.\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\nExperience with MIL-STD-2105E and Insensitive Munitions (IM) testing.\nExperience with MIL-STD-464D and electromagnetic environmental effects testing.\nExperience coordinating HERO and PESD testing in an anechoic chamber or similar test environment.\nExperience analyzing blast overpressure, thermal, high-speed diagnostic, or other live-fire test data.\nExperience with software system safety and flight-control firmware.\nExperience supporting live-warhead testing or munition hazard assessments.\nWorking knowledge of NATO standardization agreements, including:\nSTANAG 4697 / AOP-52 - 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