Entry Level or Associate Software Safety Engineer - Boeing

Polluxa, Inc.; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s Software Safety Engineer role in Oklahoma City focuses on ensuring safety across the full program lifecycle, from concept to sustainment. You will collaborate with engineering teams and customers to identify hazards and define safety requirements.

The position emphasizes working with regulatory standards (MIL-STD-882E, DO-178, DO-254) and participating in safety review boards, risk analyses, and system-level safety milestones within a dynamic aerospace

Qualifications

• Requires strong hazard analysis and risk assessment skills.
• Experience with safety standards and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to brief management and program offices.

Responsibilities

• Defines and validates safety, mission success, and airworthiness.
• Supports internal software certification processes.
• Performs hazard tracking and risk resolution via SSHA, SAR, SCFTA.
• Conducts safety assessments and memos for safety boards.
• Supports System Safety Working Groups (SSWG).
• Briefs management, program offices, and USAF personnel.
• Analyzes software to identify failure conditions and hazards.

Skills

Hazard analysis

Regulatory compliance

System safety

Briefing stakeholders

Job description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s (BDS) is seeking a Software Safety Engineer to join our System Engineering Team in Oklahoma City, OK . This is an excellent opportunity to work on challenging projects and advance your career in the aviation engineering field. By joining our team, you will experience collaboration across several engineering and product support functions, naturally building you into an elite member of the team. This position offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology and make a real impact on our products and deliveries.

Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Entry-Level (Level 1) or Associate (Level 2) Software Safety Engineers .

At Boeing, Safety is at the core of everything we do. As a Software Safety Engineer, you will work across the entire program lifecycle, from conceptual development into design and test, production, and sustainment of fielded aircraft for both USG and International customers. We are looking for candidates that can ask tough questions, challenge conventional thinking, and identify potential hazards to our aircraft and crew. You’ll have the opportunity to interface with all levels of Engineering and Program Management as well as our customers.

Primary responsibilities:

• Defines and validates safety, mission success, and airworthiness; provides support incorporating into designs, operations, and procedures.
• Provides support for our internal software certification process
• Performs hazard tracking and risk resolution via System/Subsystem Hazard Analysis (SSHA), Safety Assessment Report (SAR) and Safety Critical Function Thread Analysis (SCFTA).
• Conducts safety assessments and technical safety memos, including: Engineering Review Boards, Safety Review Board, address aircraft safety concerns, and track safety critical items.
• Supports System Safety Working Groups (SSWG)
• Be comfortable briefing all levels of management, program office, and USAF personnel
• Performs various analyses and integration activities to optimize total system of systems architecture for Software Safety
• Identifies, analyzes, and assesses regulatory and/or contractual compliance of aerospace systems, products and services against the applied development and design assurance standards (MIL-STD-882E, JSSEH, DO-178, DO-254, MIL-HDBK-516C Section 15, AC-17-01) to provide the necessary hazard mitigation evidence
• Analyzes software to identify potential failure conditions or investigate reported in-service fleet hazards, risks, and safety concerns