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About the roleAs the Operational Safety Lead, you will be creating tools to aid our operational teams in evaluating and mitigating safety risks. You will also be the guiding authority on accepting operational safety risk for all projects. Projects include ground, maritime, and flight tests of crewed and uncrewed platforms for Group 1-5 UAS, including ordinance. Projects also include uncrewed and crewed maritime vehicles and ground vehicles. The COS will oversee, review, and revise as necessary the comprehensive operational safety program for ground, maritime, and flight test operations, including experimental test, demonstration, and corporate flights.
At EpiSys Science (an Applied Intuition company), you will:Set company safety requirementsWork with the leaders of each vertical to ensure their standard operating procedures (SOPs) support the company’s safety requirementsWork with project and vertical leads to aid in evaluating risks for each projectServe as an impartial arbitrator of risk for projects and take direct authority for safety anytime the risk level goes above “Medium”Stay informed of the latest regulatory guidance and industry best practices pertaining to operational safetyDisseminate new information and ensure company policies and procedures remain in complianceProvide direct input to operators, test engineers, and aircrew by hosting safety stand-downs and recurrent safety trainingCollaborate with testing organizations in developing, updating, and approving individual programs’ Test Risk Analyses Worksheets (TRW)Be a leader in Test Risk Management through coordination with the Test Engineer of each program and by participating in test plan reviews, test operations, pre- and post-test operational briefings, and test readiness reviewsCollaborate in the development of and amendments to, company's operations and test documentation, including operations manuals, test SOPs, local procedures, etc. This includes procedures involving ground handling of aircraftLead periodic reviews of operational safety plans for each vertical and ensure that mitigation procedures are practical, being used, and are modified if required to ensure test team safetyProcure and provide necessary safety training to operators and those evaluating safety riskWe’re looking for someone who has:Bachelor's DegreeGraduate of a certified test pilot school or at least 10 years of testing experience to include leading test teamsMaintenance, experimental, developmental, or production test experienceExperience handling ordanceTravel Requirements:Must be willing to travel up to 50% of the timeSecurity Requirements:Must be a U.S. CitizenMust have an active U.S. Top Secret security clearanceFor more information about U.S. security clearances: click here. Nice to have:FAA Part 107 license (or better)100 hours minimum PIC for Part 107 8 years of aviation, 4 years of aviation safety experienceExperience working with government test teams and navigating government Safety Review BoardsAdvanced degrees will be considered as additional experience
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