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At Neon Aero, we’re breaking that mold. We move fast, think big, and combine start-up agility with aerospace expertise to design, build, and scale aircraft in ways the industry has never seen. Our team leverages automation, AI-driven tools, and a fully connected digital backbone to accelerate innovation and reduce barriers to production.\nHere, you won’t just take a job - you’ll help reinvent how the world flies. If you’re ready to solve complex problems, push technology further, and work alongside some of the brightest minds in aerospace, this is your chance to make a real impact.\nThe Senior System Safety Engineer will own the safety assessment process for Neon’s aerospace systems, executing and governing ARP4761/ARP4761A analyses in support of ARP4754A/B development assurance and customer certification programs. This role is responsible for establishing Neon’s safety process, producing safety deliverables, and integrating safety requirements, analyses, and evidence into Neon’s requirements, MBSE, and PLM environment.\nWorking closely with the Systems Engineering Architect, the Senior System Safety Engineer will embed safety into Neon’s system development process from concept through certification and serve as Neon’s primary technical safety interface to customers and their certification teams.\nKey Responsibilities\nSafety AssessmentLead the development of system-level Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Preliminary System Safety Assessments (PSSA), and System Safety Assessments (SSA), consistent with the customer’s aircraft-level safety assessment.\nPerform and review Fault Tree Analyses (FTA), Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA), and Failure Modes and Effects Summaries (FMES).\nConduct Common Mode Analyses and provide inputs to customer Zonal Safety and Particular Risks Analyses.\nDevelop and manage failure rate analysis tools to predict and monitor product.\n\nDevelopment Assurance & Safety RequirementsDerive safety requirements from hazard and failure analyses and allocate them to system, hardware, and software items, with traceability in Neon’s requirements management tool.\nAssign and justify Function and Item Development Assurance Levels (FDAL/IDAL) in accordance with ARP4754A/B and ARP4761A.\nEvaluate architectural mitigations, redundancy, and independence for catastrophic and hazardous failure conditions, and drive design changes where required.\nEnsure DO-178C and DO-254 planning reflects assigned IDALs and safety-derived requirements.\n\nSafety Process & Digital ThreadEstablish Neon’s system safety program plan, work instructions, and analysis templates aligned with ARP4761A.\nIntegrate safety analyses with Neon’s MBSE and PLM environment so that failure conditions, safety requirements, and verification evidence remain traceable and current as designs change.\nDrive adoption of model-based safety analysis (MBSA) practices linked to Neon’s system models.\nCoordinate with product cybersecurity on the interaction between safety and airworthiness security assessments.\n\nCustomer & Certification SupportAlign with customers on aircraft-level FHA allocations, safety requirements, and safety data deliverables.\nPrepare safety deliverables for design reviews and certification data packages.\nPresent safety analyses and rationale to customers and support their engagement with certification authorities (FAA, EASA).\n\nLeadership & MentorshipServe as Neon’s subject matter expert in aerospace system safety.\nMentor systems and design engineers in safety-driven design and the application of safety analysis results.\nCollaborate cross-functionally with design, test, reliability, and certification teams to ensure alignment.\n\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or Reliability Engineering, or related field.\n8+ years of experience in aerospace system safety, including direct authorship of ARP4761 analyses on certified programs.\nDeep expertise in ARP4761/ARP4761A methods (FHA, PSSA, SSA, FTA, FMEA/FMES, CCA) and their integration with ARP4754A/B development assurance.\nWorking knowledge of 14 CFR XX.1309 and 23.2510 safety objectives and associated advisory material.\nExperience assigning development assurance levels and deriving safety requirements for hardware and software items developed to DO-254 and DO-178C.\nHands-on experience with quantitative fault tree and reliability analysis tools.\nDemonstrated ability to present and defend safety analyses with customers or certification authorities.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience with flight control, electromechanical actuation, or propulsion control systems.\nFamiliarity with safety and reliability tools such as Isograph Reliability Workbench, Ansys medini analyze, or Cameo Safety and Reliability Analyzer.\nExperience with model-based safety analysis linked to SysML architectures.\nFamiliarity with Flow and Siemens Teamcenter.\nExperience with MIL-STD-882E system safety programs.\nFamiliarity with DO-326A/ED-202A airworthiness security processes.\nExperience working in startups or fast-paced environments where processes must be built from scratch.\nKnowledge of AI/ML applications in safety and systems engineering.\nWhy Join Neon\nWork alongside elite engineering talent and innovators from across aerospace and tech.\nBuild the foundations of a digital-first aerospace company.\nWork at the cutting edge of model-based engineering and digital thread integration.\nShape Neon’s system safety discipline and grow into a senior leadership role as the company scales.\nCompetitive compensation - including equity participation, growth opportunities, and full benefits (health, dental, vision, 401k) designed to support you in and out of work\nThis is the expected compensation range for this role. Final compensation will be based on role scope, experience, skills, internal equity and location. This role may also be eligible for bonus/equity/benefits, if applicable.\n$110,000—$165,000 USD\nNeon Aero, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. 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