Overview
Client is seeking a Software Safety Engineer to support the F-22 System Safety Team. This role is responsible for helping execute a system safety program that identifies, evaluates, and controls safety hazards to an acceptable level of risk. The engineer will support software safety activities across development, testing, and release cycles while partnering with design teams, suppliers, internal leadership, and external customers.
Core Responsibilities
- Support software development, test, and release cycles as the software safety subject matter expert
- Develop and execute the System Safety Program Plan
- Perform hazard identification, evaluation, and control activities for software safety
- Conduct functional hazard analyses, fault tree analyses, preliminary hazard analyses, and software hazard analyses using quantitative and qualitative methods
- Lead assigned contractual efforts and help guide the safety team to meet deadlines with strong technical quality
- Coordinate system safety efforts with design teams, suppliers, internal management, and external customers
- Prepare technical documentation and reports related to safety analyses and program execution
Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Technologies
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline such as Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Software Engineering
- Full life-cycle experience with system safety analyses, standards, and tools
- Strong experience identifying, evaluating, and controlling safety hazards in complex systems
- Proven ability to lead projects and teams through highly complex technical issues
- Experience working directly with senior leadership, customers, and suppliers
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally
- Active Secret clearance required to start
Preferred Skills or Experience
- Safety-critical software architecture, coding, or test experience
- Software quality experience
- Experience with software safety requirements across the full development lifecycle, from hazard identification through qualification testing
- Knowledge of MIL-STD-882, MIL-HDBK-516, ARP-4761, and/or ARP-4754
- Knowledge of FAA and military regulations and processes
- Previous experience writing technical reports on complex subject matter
- Experience supporting military or government programs
- Knowledge of statistical analysis methods
- MBSE experience
- Experience working with international customers and suppliers
- Government contract execution experience
- Military or civilian flight experience
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