Aviation Software Safety & Assurance Engineer

Alpineo Consulting; Genf; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpineo Consulting is seeking a Software Safety & Assurance Engineer to join an international team developing safety-critical software for the Air Traffic Management sector. You will contribute to safety assessments and assurance activities throughout the software lifecycle, ensuring compliance with aviation standards and certification processes.

Responsibilities include performing safety analyses (FHA/PSSA/SSA/FMEA/FTA), maintaining safety requirements and traceability, and interfacing with

Qualifications

• Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Safety Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience in safety engineering, software assurance, design assurance, software quality assurance, or certification engineering.
• Knowledge of safety-critical or highly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with software development lifecycles, verification, validation, and requirements traceability.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to safety and assurance activities throughout the software lifecycle.
• Perform FHA, PSSA, SSA, FMEA/FMECA, FTA and other safety studies.
• Support hazard identification, risk assessment, and mitigation activities.
• Define, review, and maintain safety requirements and traceability.
• Participate in safety reviews and certification activities.
• Ensure compliance with aviation and ATM standards and regulations.
• Review software lifecycle data, deliverables, and evidence.
• Support software assurance activities across development, verification, validation, and maintenance phases.
• Contribute to audit preparation and certification reviews.
• Support anomaly management, change control, and corrective actions.
• Interface with customers, authorities, and external stakeholders when required.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives and engineering best practices.
• Support certification planning and compliance demonstrations.

Skills

Safety Engineering

Software Assurance

Design Assurance

Software Quality Assurance

Certification Engineering

Python/C/C++/scripting languages

Education

Software Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Safety Engineering

Tools

ARP4754A

ARP4761/ARP4761A

DO-178C

DO-278A

ED-109A

ED-153

ED-205A

Air Traffic Management (ATM) standards

Configuration and change management

Job description

Alpineo Consulting is seeking a Software Safety & Assurance Engineer to join an international team developing safety-critical software for the Air Traffic Management sector. You will contribute to safety assessments and assurance activities throughout the software lifecycle, ensuring compliance with aviation standards and certification processes.

Responsibilities include performing safety analyses (FHA/PSSA/SSA/FMEA/FTA), maintaining safety requirements and traceability, and interfacing with