Kinetics Safety & Assurance Officer

About the Role Imagine this. You are the person ensuring that some of the most safety-critical aerospace and defense systems can move from design to production, integration, testing, and ultimately operation with the right level of assurance behind them. As our Kinetics Safety & Assurance Officer, you will take ownership of the safety, quality, and regulatory assurance framework across missile and unmanned aerial system platforms, working closely with engineering, manufacturing, testing, and compliance teams. This is a highly technical role where your expertise will directly influence how munitions, propulsion systems, warheads, guidance electronics, and other safety-critical systems are designed, handled, tested, and certified. You will have the authority and responsibility to identify risks early, challenge designs where needed, and make sure safety remains embedded throughout the entire product lifecycle. At Destinus, we are revolutionizing the defense industry with cutting-edge Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Our innovative technologies are designed to meet the unique demands of modern defense operations, delivering unparalleled speed, precision, and cost effectiveness. Destinus partners with government agencies and defense organizations worldwide to provide advanced solutions for mission-critical operations, enabling a new era of efficiency and technological superiority. Join us in shaping the future of defense with groundbreaking aerospace innovations. What You'll Do - 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, as well as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis FMEA and fault tree analysis across weapon and aerospace subsystems - Own and maintain the hazard tracking process, driving identified 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 applicable 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 the necessary certification requirements before integration and testing - Coordinate export control and end-use compliance documentation with legal and compliance teams in accordance with 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 IPTs and provide safety input during key design and readiness reviews including PDR, CDR and TRR - 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 clear visibility of safety status, outstanding hazards, mitigations, and overall risk posture

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, as well as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis FMEA and fault tree analysis across weapon and aerospace subsystems. Own and maintain the hazard tracking process, driving identified 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 applicable 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 the necessary certification requirements before integration and testing. Coordinate export control and end-use compliance documentation with legal and compliance teams in accordance with 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 IPTs and provide safety input during key design and readiness reviews including PDR, CDR and TRR. 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 clear visibility of safety status, outstanding hazards, mitigations, and overall risk posture.