Software Safety Engineer

Moseley Technical Services, Inc.; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Moseley Technical Services, Inc. is hiring a Software Safety Engineer to support safety-critical embedded software and electronic control systems in a defense environment.

The role emphasizes MIL-STD-882E system safety, safety requirements, model-based development, and software architecture for electronic controllers. The engineer will analyze requirements, determine software criticality indices, assess designs for hazards, and develop criteria to mitigate risk.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required by Federal Law.
• Ability to obtain Secret Clearance required.
• BS in a STEM discipline such as Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience developing, creating, and/or testing C, C++, embedded software, or control systems.
• 7+ years of experience designing software to achieve product-critical safety goals using MIL-STD-882E, ISO 26262, or equivalent safety standards.
• Experience with model-based software development techniques.
• Working experience with requirements and systems engineering tools such as Cameo and/or DOORS.
• Understanding of the electrical and mechanical hardware, or plant, controlled by embedded software.
• Ability to travel up to 5%, primarily domestic with some international travel

Responsibilities

• Analyze and decompose system and software requirements to determine Software Criticality Indices in accordance with MIL-STD-882 and the Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook.
• Develop software safety requirements and designs and assess implementations for hazards and causal factors to satisfy critical system safety objectives.
• Support system hazard analyses for safety-critical electronic and software systems.
• Recommend safety criteria for system designs, equipment, and procedures to mitigate or eliminate identified hazards.
• Develop software subsystem architecture designs for features, functions, and algorithms across multiple electronic controllers.
• Review software architectures and detailed designs to evaluate the safety of electronic and software systems.
• Review software test plans and procedures for safety requirements verification and potentially hazardous operations.

Skills

C

C++

Embedded software

Software safety

Hazard analysis

Model-based development

Requirements analysis

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Tools

Cameo

DOORS

Job description

We are hiring a Software Safety Engineer to support safety-critical embedded software and electronic control systems in a defense environment. This role focuses on MIL-STD-882E system safety, software criticality analysis, hazard analysis, safety requirements, C/C++ embedded software, model-based development, and software architecture and design for electronic controllers.

The engineer will analyze and decompose system and software requirements, identify software criticality indices, assess designs and implementations for hazards and causal factors, and develop safety criteria to mitigate or eliminate risk. This role also reviews software architectures, designs, test plans, and verification procedures to ensure critical system safety objectives and software safety requirements are satisfied.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and decompose system and software requirements to determine Software Criticality Indices in accordance with MIL-STD-882 and the Joint Software Systems Safety Engineering Handbook.
• Develop software safety requirements and designs and assess implementations for hazards and causal factors to satisfy critical system safety objectives.
• Support system hazard analyses for safety-critical electronic and software systems.
• Recommend safety criteria for system designs, equipment, and procedures to mitigate or eliminate identified hazards.
• Develop software subsystem architecture designs for features, functions, and algorithms across multiple electronic controllers.
• Review software architectures and detailed designs to evaluate the safety of electronic and software systems.
• Review software test plans and procedures for safety requirements verification and potentially hazardous operations.

Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship is required by Federal Law
• Ability to obtain Secret Clearance required
• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline such as Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline
• 3+ years of experience developing, creating, and/or testing C, C++, embedded software, or control systems.
• 7+ years of experience designing software to achieve product-critical safety goals using MIL-STD-882E, ISO 26262, or equivalent safety standards.
• Experience with model-based software development techniques.
• Working experience with requirements and systems engineering tools such as Cameo and/or DOORS.
• Understanding of the electrical and mechanical hardware, or plant, controlled by embedded software.
• Ability to travel up to 5%, primarily domestic with some international travel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Postgraduate degree in a STEM discipline such as Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of embedded software test development and software systems integration engineering.
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies.
• Experience applying continuous improvement processes and methodologies