Our Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne System Safety staff offers expertise at every stage of the entire design process from proposal/conceptual design to fielded systems and life-cycle support. The system safety process includes:

• System safety methods for integrating system safety engineering into the overall site and program organizations.
• Establishing applicable standard practices to implement, contract requirements and regulatory mandates.
• Establishment of criteria for acceptable and reportable levels of hazard risks.
• Provides hazard analysis and risk assessment processes encompassing analysis of system hardware, software, and the intended usage or application of products. This includes analysis of changes to the product(s) and/or changes in usage or application.
• Provides assessment of potential hazard risk mitigation alternatives and the expected effectiveness of each alternative or method. Unless otherwise specified by governing agencies, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne uses the following hazard reduction precedence sequence as a guideline in mitigating identified hazards:
  • Eliminate hazards through design selection
  • Incorporate safety devices
  • Provide warning devices
  • Develop procedures and training
• Provides mechanisms by which hazards and their residual hazard risk are communicated to and accepted by the appropriate risk acceptance authority (internal program managers/customers/regulatory certification agencies).
• Track hazards, their cause(s), and their residual hazard risk throughout the system life cycle.
• The system safety engineers implement the tailored system safety process by:
  • Assisting the program manager in executing their responsibilities for system safety.
  • Reporting lessons learned, program safety features, and new safety technology needs to the program manager.
  • Sharing lessons learned, program safety features, and new safety technology needs.