Navy Software System Safety Engineer

The Pennsylvania State University; Ferguson Township (PA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

75% tuition discount

Robust retirement plans

Job summary

Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) seeks a Software System Safety Engineer to advance safety for software-intensive Navy systems. You will collaborate with developers, systems engineers, and government safety engineers to identify hazards and produce evidence for safety certification.

Responsibilities include performing safety analyses, documenting findings, and supporting certification activities across the system lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Working with software-intensive or mission-critical systems.
• Ability to analyze software requirements, designs, interfaces, and test results to assess technical risks and system behavior.
• Demonstrated systems-thinking and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Collaborating with software, systems, test, and engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Strong technical communication and documentation skills, including the ability to present technical information to engineering and customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support software safety activities throughout the system lifecycle.
• Assess software contributions to system hazards using established system safety processes and methodologies.
• Evaluate software requirements, designs, architectures, interfaces, and test results from a safety perspective.
• Collaborate with software developers and systems engineers to implement and verify software safety requirements.
• Support software safety analyses and certification activities in accordance with MIL-STD-882E, JSSSEH guidance, and program-specific requirements.
• Work with internal safety leads and NUWC safety engineers to support Navy certification and approval efforts.
• Develop technical safety documentation and support hazard tracking activities.
• Participate in technical reviews, safety working groups, and certification-related engagements.
• Support investigation of anomalies, failures, and software-related safety concerns.
• Contribute to software development, integration, testing, and troubleshooting as needed.
• Additional responsibilities for higher-level position include independent R&D and advancing DoD projects.

Skills

Software-intensive systems

Requirements analysis

Systems thinking

Cross-team collaboration

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science

Job description

Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) seeks a Software System Safety Engineer to advance safety for software-intensive Navy systems. You will collaborate with developers, systems engineers, and government safety engineers to identify hazards and produce evidence for safety certification.

Responsibilities include performing safety analyses, documenting findings, and supporting certification activities across the system lifecycle.