Systems Safety Engineer (m/f/d)
- Location
- Gilching, Bayern, Germany
- Last seen
- Aug 28, 2026
About the role
As a Systems Safety Engineer, you will play a key role in our mission aircraft team, ensuring the aircraft’s system architecture is driven by the relevant requirements and achieves the required levels of availability and safety for our customers. As part of Quantum Systems’ mission aircraft division, you’ll contribute to one of the most exciting German aviation projects of the years to come. Working closely with the team around our aircraft activities, your role can span across multiple disciplines — from hands‑on technical work to system‑level responsibility. Our focus is on getting large airborne platforms into the air and ready for real operational use. What is your Day to Day Mission: Own the safety process incl. managing safety activities throughout aircraft and system development lifecycle Apply aviation development and safety guidance such as SAE ARP4761A and ARP 4754B Perform aircraft and system functional hazard assessments (AFHA, SFHA) Conduct safety assessment (e.g., PASA, PSSA, ASA, and SSA) during the development Ensure continuous safety process integration with development team Develop and review fault tree analyses, FMEAs, and other analyses Closely work with suppliers of safety-relevant equipment Support process planning, execution, and certification liaison
