# System Safety Engineer

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: YesRELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE TYPE: AU- Secret (NV1)TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription Build Your Future in Defence Aviation Engineering If you're looking for a role where you'll solve complex problems, continue developing your technical expertise and work alongside people who genuinely invest in your success, we'd love to hear from you. As a System Safety Engineer, you'll play an important role in supporting Defence aviation programs, helping identify and manage risks that contribute to the safe operation of military aircraft. You'll join a collaborative team that offers strong mentoring, hybrid working, a 9-day fortnight and the opportunity to build expertise in one of Australia's most sought-after engineering specialisations. About the Opportunity As a System Safety Engineer, you'll work alongside experienced engineering and safety professionals supporting industry-leading Defence aviation programs. You'll contribute to hazard identification, risk assessment, safety investigations and safety assurance activities that help ensure aircraft remain safe to operate and maintain. This role

- **Id**: 3602758
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/northrop-grumman-system-safety-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Fortitude Valley, Australia, Richmond, United States
- **Countries**: AU, US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T10:18:23Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T03:08:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4978
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Hybrid work, Parental leave, Relocation assistance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Satellite Manufacturing, C4ISR, Space Defense

## Company

- **Id**: 12494
- **Name**: Northrop Grumman
- **Domain**: northropgrumman.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/northropgrumman>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 526
- **Ghost share**: 0.006
- **Stale share**: 0.705
- **Repost share**: 0.027
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Technologies

- **MIL-STD-882** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country
- **Australia** — Iso: AU; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T10:18:23Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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