Army Launched Effects Software Safety Engineer

IronMountain Solutions • Huntsville, AL

3h • Onsite

About The Position

IronMountain Solutions is seeking a Software System Safety Engineer to support the U.S. Army Launched Effects Product Office in developing, assessing, and rapidly fielding Army uncrewed Launched Effects platforms. The role provides technical authority for establishing, standardizing, and guiding software safety practices across multiple Launched Effects Assistant Product Manager (APM) teams and platform variants throughout the acquisition lifecycle.

The engineer will work with APM teams, project engineers, contractors, external safety organizations, airworthiness authorities, and safety review boards. The role combines traditional system safety principles with the operational demands of rapid, iterative defense acquisition, tailoring processes to Launched Effects platforms and warfighter priorities. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, located in Huntsville, Alabama; remote work is not authorized. Relocation is negotiable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, such as Software, Systems, Computer, Electrical, Aerospace, or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated experience in system safety engineering, software hazard analysis, or systems engineering on software-intensive systems.
• Proven ability to formulate, tailor, and standardize technical processes in complex project environments or defense acquisition programs.
• Strong negotiation, consensus-building, and communication skills, including the ability to advocate technical positions to external regulatory bodies and senior decision-makers.
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and support diverse product offices in executing technical standards.
• Proactive, self-starting approach and ability to thrive and adapt in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving program environment.
• Active Secret security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with DoD and Army safety, airworthiness, and materiel release policies and standards, such as MIL-STD-882E, AR 70-62, and AMCOM Reg 385-17.
• Experience with Group 1–3 Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, loitering munitions, or missile platforms.
• Experience with rapid acquisition frameworks, such as Other Transaction Authority, Middle Tier of Acquisition, or rapid prototyping and fielding initiatives.
• Understanding of modern software architectures, safety-critical software partitions, and Modular Open Systems Approaches.

Responsibilities

• Formulate, standardize, and maintain a tailored software safety framework and guidance for Launched Effects APM teams across product lines and vendor architectures.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance, risk assessments, and reviews to product teams, project engineers, and contractors during software safety planning and execution.
• Engage external safety organizations, review boards, and airworthiness authorities to negotiate and establish software safety requirements aligned with Launched Effects operational profiles.
• Represent Launched Effects within Army aviation and safety communities, communicating the technical, cost, and operational differences between Launched Effects and conventional aviation platforms.
• Prepare technical positions, executive white papers, and risk-trade briefings to build consensus and support process modernization across Army leadership.
• Guide development of safety documentation, risk mitigations, and hazard analyses for safety releases, Airworthiness Releases, Materiel Releases, and Soldier testing and operational fielding events.
• Evaluate vendor software system safety analyses, safety architectures, and hazard logs to identify system hazards and ensure safety integrity without unnecessary program burden.
• Adapt software safety priorities, approaches, and risk mitigation strategies to changing program timelines, emerging threats, and iterative fielding cycles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level