Northrop Grumman · 3 months ago
Software System Safety Engineer - R10207288
Melbourne, FL
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry, Mid Level
$77K/yr - $116K/yr
0+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company that offers innovative systems impacting lives globally. They are seeking a Software System Safety Engineer to evaluate complex aviation systems, identify hazards, and establish safety requirements to mitigate risks.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
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
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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