Senior Software Safety & Assurance Engineer

EmergencyMD; Wallops Island (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

APT Research is seeking a Software Assurance Engineer to support NASA mission software at Wallops Flight Facility. The role emphasizes safety engineering, hazard analysis, and lifecycle reviews for safety-critical systems.

The candidate will ensure compliance with NPR 7150.2 and NASA-STD-8739.8, perform audits, and manage traceability across requirements, design, tests and analyses. Active DoD clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Minimum seven years of related experience.
• Knowledge of NASA NPR 7150.2 and NASA-STD-8739.8.
• Active DoD clearance required.
• Software safety criticality assessment methodologies.
• Hazard analysis techniques and risk assessment frameworks.
• Software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide software assurance and safety engineering support for NASA mission software.
• Support compliance verification, hazard analysis, and lifecycle oversight per NASA standards.
• Classify software and assess criticality using NASA requirements.
• Develop and maintain software assurance plans, hazard analyses, and risk assessments.
• Perform requirements, design, and implementation analyses for safety-critical systems.

Skills

Requirements analysis

Traceability

V&V methodologies

Process audit

Code quality analysis

Safety-critical software

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

Job description

APT Research is seeking a Software Assurance Engineer to support NASA mission software at Wallops Flight Facility. The role emphasizes safety engineering, hazard analysis, and lifecycle reviews for safety-critical systems.

The candidate will ensure compliance with NPR 7150.2 and NASA-STD-8739.8, perform audits, and manage traceability across requirements, design, tests and analyses. Active DoD clearance is required.