Northrop Grumman Australia · 5 months ago
Software System Safety Engineer
United States-Florida-Melbourne
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$77K/yr - $116K/yr
2+ years expNorthrop Grumman Australia is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Software System Safety Engineer to join their team in Melbourne, Florida. The role involves applying safety engineering principles to evaluate complex aviation systems and software designs, identify hazards, and establish safety requirements.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Applies knowledge, methodologies, and principles of safety engineering as defined in MIL-STD-882 and software safety engineering as outlined in the Joint Software System Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH)
Evaluates complex aviation systems and software designs, design requirements, support equipment, facilities, and operations to identify hazards and respective causal factors, categorize risk, establish safety requirements for assigned systems, and determine mitigating controls to reduce risk
Independently analyzes and recommends safety criteria in system design, equipment, and procedures to control or eliminate hazards
Collaborates with various design teams in the execution of various MIL-STD-882E hazard analyses
Reviews and prepares engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation for system safety and in support of Airworthiness Certification IAW MIL-HDBK-516
Reviews Test Plans and Procedures for safety requirements verification and potential hazardous operations
Perform safety analyses in accordance with MIL-STD-882 and software safety analyses (Experience in AGILE development) in accordance with the JSSSEH
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership and customers and work independently
Ability to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment, and procedures to mitigate or eliminate hazards
Must have an understanding of requirements development, system/software architecture, hardware/software design, software code implementation, test, verification, and validation
Ability to develop, review, update and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 2 years of military/professional experience OR Master of science Degree in a STEM discipline with 0 years of military/professional experience
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company
Applies knowledge, methodologies, and principles of safety engineering as defined in MIL-STD-882 and software safety engineering as outlined in the Joint Software System Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH)
Evaluates complex aviation systems and software designs, design requirements, support equipment, facilities, and operations to identify hazards and respective causal factors, categorize risk, establish safety requirements for assigned systems, and determine mitigating controls to reduce risk
Independently analyzes and recommends safety criteria in system design, equipment, and procedures to control or eliminate hazards
Collaborates with various design teams in the execution of various MIL-STD-882E hazard analyses
Reviews and prepares engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation for system safety and in support of Airworthiness Certification IAW MIL-HDBK-516
Reviews Test Plans and Procedures for safety requirements verification and potential hazardous operations
Perform safety analyses in accordance with MIL-STD-882 and software safety analyses (Experience in AGILE development) in accordance with the JSSSEH
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership and customers and work independently
Ability to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment, and procedures to mitigate or eliminate hazards
Must have an understanding of requirements development, system/software architecture, hardware/software design, software code implementation, test, verification, and validation
Ability to develop, review, update and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements
Preferred
BS in Software Engineering or Computer engineering
Familiarity with requirements tools such as DOORS, Cameo, CPLM, Safety and Reliability tools such as PTC Windchill Quality Solutions, Agile software tools, JIRA, FISHEYE and/or Confluence
Working knowledge of Military systems safety and process standards and their Industry equivalent such as: MIL-STD-882, DO-178B/C, DO-248, DO-254, ARP-4754, ARP-4761, MIL-HDBK-516C, etc
Working knowledge of flight test engineering, Software systems integration engineering, and software test engineering
Working knowledge of detect and avoid systems and associated process standards such as DO-365
Experience in Hardware/Software Integration
Experience in military aviation
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase