Spaceflight Software Safety Engineer – Entry Level

bastiontechnologies; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Bastion Technologies in Huntsville, AL seeks a Junior Software Safety Engineer to support Safety and Mission Assurance for NASA. You will analyze software safety, review design concepts, and ensure compliance with NASA safety policies for software used to qualify launch vehicles for human-rated space flight.

Responsibilities include analyzing safety impacts, maintaining system safety assessments, and performing peer reviews of code in C, C++, and Python.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required due to the sensitivity of information.
• Bachelor's degree in systems/software engineering or related field.
• 1+ year of related work experience; familiarity with SDLC and agile/waterfall.

Responsibilities

• Analyze safety impacts and controls within software.
• Develop and maintain the System Safety Assessment for avionics lab and simulation software.
• Assess the completeness and safety of software requirements.
• Review test procedures for compliance with software safety requirements.
• Assess hazard analysis completeness related to software.
• Support tests to verify safety controls.
• Perform peer reviews of code in C/C++/Python and provide risk advice.

Skills

Safety analysis

SDLC knowledge

Requirement review

Peer review

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a software-related field

Tools

C

C++

Python

Job description

Bastion Technologies in Huntsville, AL seeks a Junior Software Safety Engineer to support Safety and Mission Assurance for NASA. You will analyze software safety, review design concepts, and ensure compliance with NASA safety policies for software used to qualify launch vehicles for human-rated space flight.

Responsibilities include analyzing safety impacts, maintaining system safety assessments, and performing peer reviews of code in C, C++, and Python.