Energetics Safety & Assurance Officer

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🌐 United Arab Emirates (UAE), Spain, +1 more countries – Remote

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Destinus

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2021

🎖️ Defense

🏭 Manufacturing

🚀 Aerospace

Defense • Manufacturing • Aerospace

Destinus is an expanding European company specializing in autonomous flight systems for diverse applications, both civilian and defense. The company is involved in the design and production of flight systems across all speed ranges, including future hypersonic speeds, with expertise in system design, airframes, turbojet engines, flight software, and AI. Destinus is driven by a mission to innovate in aerospace, aiming for a more connected and safer world through advancements in autonomy, speed, and flight system efficiency.

📋 Description

• Develop, implement, and maintain the System Safety Program Plan SSPP in line with MIL-STD-882E and relevant regional or customer-specific standards • Conduct and lead hazard analyses including PHA, SSHA and O&SHA, FMEA, and fault tree analysis across weapon and aerospace subsystems • Own and maintain the hazard tracking process, driving risks through assessment, mitigation, verification, and closure • Lead investigations into safety incidents, near misses, test anomalies, and other safety-critical events, defining and following through on corrective and preventive actions CAPA • Oversee compliance with explosives safety requirements covering siting, storage, handling, transportation, insensitive munitions, and quantity-distance criteria • Work directly with range safety officers and internal teams to support live-fire and flight test campaigns • Ensure energetic materials, warheads, propulsion systems, and other safety-critical components meet certification requirements before integration and testing • Coordinate export control and end-use compliance documentation with legal and compliance teams under applicable arms export and dual-use regulations • Interface with certifying authorities, government representatives, and customer quality teams throughout qualification and acceptance activities • Maintain configuration control, documentation, and end-to-end traceability for safety-critical components and systems • Act as the safety authority within Integrated Product Teams and provide safety input during PDR, CDR, and TRR design and readiness reviews • Advise engineering teams on safety-critical design margins, fail-safe and fail-operational architectures, arming and fuzing logic, and risk mitigation strategies • Train and support production, integration, and test personnel in the safe handling of live and inert ordnance • Provide senior leadership and relevant government safety boards with visibility of safety status, outstanding hazards, mitigations, and overall risk posture

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or another relevant technical discipline • At least 8 years of professional experience in defense systems safety, explosives safety engineering, system safety engineering, or a closely related field within a defense manufacturing environment • Strong working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E or equivalent system safety frameworks • Practical knowledge of insensitive munitions requirements such as STANAG 4439-type frameworks and relevant range safety practices • Hands-on experience conducting hazard analyses, FMEA, fault tree analysis, and developing safety case documentation • Experience working with safety-critical hardware and complex multidisciplinary engineering systems • Familiarity with export control regimes applicable to munitions, defense products, and dual-use technologies • Strong technical documentation skills with the ability to turn complex safety assessments into clear actions and decisions • Professional working proficiency in English • Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline is a plus • Certified Safety Professional CSP or an equivalent system safety qualification is a plus • Direct experience with missile propulsion, energetic materials, warhead integration, arming and fuzing systems, or UAS flight test safety is highly valued • Previous experience working with military airworthiness, range safety, ordnance certification, or other relevant government authorities is a strong advantage

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