Senior Software Governance Engineer – Safety Systems

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with Company Match

Paid vacations and holidays

Flexible work arrangements

Educational reimbursement

Global recognition

Employee referral program

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC in Warrendale, PA is seeking a senior technical leader for the I&C Safety Systems Software Tools and Automation Organization to establish, maintain, and improve governance for safety-critical software and digital I&C systems.

The role focuses on regulatory compliance, lifecycle governance, documentation, workforce qualification, audits, and training programs, interfacing with engineers, licensing, and project teams to ensure adherence to standards and customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in engineering, software development, systems engineering, quality assurance, licensing, compliance, training, or related activities.
• Strong experience developing, implementing, or maintaining technical procedures, engineering processes, standards, governance programs, or quality systems.
• Experience in regulated industries such as nuclear power, aerospace, defense, medical devices, transportation, industrial automation, or similar safety-related environments.
• Experience maintaining technical documentation including plans, procedures, specifications, reports, work instructions, or compliance records.
• Strong understanding of requirements management, configuration management, traceability, verification, validation, QA, and lifecycle processes.
• Experience supporting workforce qualification, training compliance, competency development, or technical training programs.
• Ability to produce clear, concise, technically accurate documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve software lifecycle procedures, work instructions, standards, policies, and governance documents.
• Translate regulatory requirements and industry standards into practical engineering processes and guidance.
• Maintain mappings between regulatory requirements, internal procedures, and project plans.
• Support compliance with software quality assurance, configuration management, verification, validation, cybersecurity, and traceability requirements.
• Provide guidance to project teams regarding procedures, documentation expectations, and software quality requirements.
• Support creation and maintenance of lifecycle documents (plans, QA plans, CM plans, safety plans, documentation plans).
• Review engineering documentation for compliance with procedures, quality requirements, regulatory commitments, and project expectations.
• Support requirements management and traceability across lifecycle artifacts.
• Develop and improve Safety Software training programs, onboarding curricula, qualification requirements, and role-based learning paths.
• Review training materials for accuracy, completeness, process compliance.
• Monitor training compliance, qualification status, and curriculum effectiveness.
• Identify training gaps and develop new content with SMEs.
• Establish software engineering competency models and qualification requirements.
• Support onboarding activities with required training.
• Participate in internal and customer audits and regulatory inspections.
• Identify gaps and opportunities to improve processes, procedures, and training.
• Collaborate with software tools and automation teams to improve documentation, traceability, training administration, and compliance reporting.
• Provide mentoring on software lifecycle processes, regulatory compliance, and engineering best practices.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Documentation

Training programs

Software lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Job description

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC in Warrendale, PA is seeking a senior technical leader for the I&C Safety Systems Software Tools and Automation Organization to establish, maintain, and improve governance for safety-critical software and digital I&C systems.

The role focuses on regulatory compliance, lifecycle governance, documentation, workforce qualification, audits, and training programs, interfacing with engineers, licensing, and project teams to ensure adherence to standards and customer