Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal Software Safety Engineer/ Senior Principal Software Safety Engineer to ensure the safety of revolutionary systems by applying knowledge of safety engineering principles and methodologies.
Requirements
- Perform hardware/ software safety analyses (Experience in AGILE development)
- Familiarity with requirements tools such as DOORS, Cameo, CPLM, Safety and Reliability tools such as PTC Windchill Quality Solutions, Agile software tools, JIRA, FISHEYE and/or Confluence
- Demonstrated ability to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment, and procedures in order to mitigate or eliminate hazards
- Ability to apply system safety engineering principles in accordance with MIL-STD-882 and perform analyses such as preliminary hazard analyses, function/system/subsystem hazard analyses, fault tree analyses, software system safety analyses and safety assessment reports
- Experienced in requirements development, system/software architecture, hardware/software design, software code implementation, test, verification, and validation
- Demonstrated ability to develop, review, update and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirements
- Strong working knowledge of Military systems safety and process standards and their Industry equivalent such as: MIL-STD-882, DO-178B/C, DO-248, DO-254, ARP-4754, ARP-4761, MIL-HDBK-516C, etc.
Responsibilities
- Apply knowledge, methodologies, and principles of safety engineering as defined in MIL-STD-882E and Software Safety engineering as defined in the Joint Software System Safety Engineering Handbook (JSSSEH)
- Evaluate product systems, associated support equipment, functional specifications and operations to establish safety criteria for assigned systems
- Independently analyze system design, equipment, and procedures for hazards and categorize hazard risks in accordance with MIL_STD-882E.
- Assess implementations for hazard and causal factors to satisfy critical system safety objectives
- Collaborate with various design teams in the execution of various MIL-STD-882E hazard analyses
- Review and prepare engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation for system safety and in support of Airworthiness Certification IAW MIL-HDBK-516
- Review Test Plans and Procedures for safety requirements verification and potential hazardous operations
Other
- RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
- CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
- TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time
- Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
