SYSTEM SAFETY ENGINEER

System Safety Engineers (SSE's) evaluate risk associated with the many hazards involved in the operation of a complex technological system. To do this, the SSE needs to be familiar with how the system operates (or is proposed to operate), how similar systems have failed in the past, general hazards with this type of system, approximate probabilities of occurrence for the various hazards, potential mitigations which could reduce the risk, and the requirements being imposed on the system... Describes the duties and qualifications for System Safety Engineers and Managers