Nuclear Safety Systems Engineer — Embedded Software

Peraton; Utah; On-site; USD 66,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Layton, Utah, leads the Nuclear Safety Cross Check Analysis program, evaluating and testing embedded software to ensure compliance with nuclear safety criteria and preventing unintended actions. The role supports the Air Force mission by validating software across hardware interfaces and system platforms.

You'll perform detailed assessments, code examinations, and analyses, documenting anomalies and presenting findings to peers and management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (STEM) degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Math or Physics.
• Experience and/or coursework in any object-oriented programming language.
• Ability to identify logic errors, code inconsistencies and inefficiencies, safety hazards associated with software and/or hardware design languages, code design, and requirement specifications.
• Technical writing experience and the ability to write technically and grammatically correct documentation.
• Must be self-directed and able to work independently and with a team.
• Must be able to multi-task.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain/maintain a Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Perform assessments of systems, reviewing software with a focus on finding flaws and suggesting possible improvements.
• Perform code examination, analysis, and testing.
• Potentially work with system simulators and statistical analysis.
• Review and analyze systems, platforms, applications, and their interfaces to quickly acquire system knowledge to understand the design and functionality.
• Identify the hardware and software portions of systems for safety and mission critical functionality.
• Perform detailed evaluation of embedded software to verify that software requirements are correctly implemented in the design and code of embedded computers and that the resulting code does not contain embedded safety hazards.
• Identify requirements, design, and test procedures that will ensure the system will perform as expected.
• Document analysis performed with resulting anomalies identified.
• Present findings to peers, customers, and management.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

Technical writing

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM (CS/CE/EE/Math/Physics)

Tools

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

MBSE

Job description

Peraton in Layton, Utah, leads the Nuclear Safety Cross Check Analysis program, evaluating and testing embedded software to ensure compliance with nuclear safety criteria and preventing unintended actions. The role supports the Air Force mission by validating software across hardware interfaces and system platforms.

You'll perform detailed assessments, code examinations, and analyses, documenting anomalies and presenting findings to peers and management.