Senior Design Assurance Engineering Scientist
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The Senior Design Assurance Engineering Scientist leads safety-critical system design, development, requirements tracking, and formal validation and verification under DO-278A. The role identifies safety-critical interfaces, allocates Functional Hazard Analysis objectives, maps evidence to Design Assurance objectives, supports engineering analysis and reviews, performs gap analysis using program requirements and safety artifacts, and develops compliance audit and reporting materials.
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Lead safety-critical system design, development, decomposition, and tracking of safety-critical system requirements from initial design to formal validation and verification activities per DO-278A.Lead identification of safety-critical system interfaces and conduct Functional Hazard Analysis (FHA) allocations to define objectives for system safety.Identify evidence supporting the achievement DA levels identified in the FHA and map to Design Assurance objectives.Provide Design Assurance Engineering Analysis and DA Reviews support.Provide engineering services supporting Gap Analysis based on final Program Requirements Document (fPRD), Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), and other safety artifacts.Develop DO-278A Compliance Audit, compile a Development Assurance Compliance Report, deliver synopsis of work performed and support integration.Other duties as assigned.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,682 open Systems Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$129–207K/yr76 salary ranges
- US median$27–41/hr173 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 143 open Systems Engineering jobs in Texas and 2,682 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Systems Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (2,118 postings).
- Education
- 948 of the 2,682 open Systems Engineering jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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