Software Safety Engineer (BT-26104)

Bastion Technologies•Redstone Arsenal, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Software Safety Engineer will support the Department of Defense (DoD) located in Redstone Arsenal, AL. This role involves providing staff supervision, guidance, and direction for assigned system development safety. The engineer will evaluate and coordinate missile weapon system safety concepts for organizations engaged in research and development, testing, production engineering, procurement, and storage of guided missiles, ballistic missiles, rockets, and associated equipment, including radars, to ensure safe design and procedures are incorporated in all phases of development. The position also requires providing professional software engineering advice, guidance, and assistance in various stages of research, development, and deployment, including directing the development of new software safety criteria and amending existing ones. The engineer will perform independent safety analyses, studies, and design evaluations of systems, subsystems, and equipment, ensuring that risk management processes are properly used throughout the weapon system life cycle and overseeing programmatic software safety activities. Additionally, the role ensures safety requirements are included in hazardous item contracts and provides software engineering support during fielding and sustainment of supported programs.

Requirements

This position requires a Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain one; must be a US citizen.
Must have a bachelor's degree.
Must have 15+ years of recent and related work experience.
In lieu of degree: Candidates with 19+ years of recent and related experience will be considered.
Must have experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS.
All of Bastion's employees must be team players with strong work ethics and must be culture oriented.
Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in written form, with internal and external customers.
Able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives.
Must be organized with good time management skills and must be able to work outside normal schedule and adjust schedule to meet peak periods and surge requirements.
Regular attendance in accordance with an established work schedule is critical.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Missile/Radars Software Safety.

Responsibilities

Provide staff supervision, guidance and direction for assigned system development safety and evaluates and coordinates missile weapon system safety concepts for command organizations engaged in research and development, testing, production engineering, procurement and storage of guided missiles, ballistic missiles, rockets and associated equipment to ensure safe design and procedures are incorporated in all phases of development. This can/may also involve equipment associated with missiles such as Radars.
Provide proffessional software engineering advice, guidance and assistance in various stages of research, development and deployment. Direct the development of new software safety criteria and amends those which are not adequate.
Perform independent safety analyses, studies, and design evaluation of systems, subsystems, and equipment.
Ensure that risk management processes are properly used during the entire life cycle of weapon systems and oversee the execution of programmatic software safety activities for supported weapon systems.
Ensure safety requirements are included in hazardous item contracts and provides software engineering support during fielding and sustainment of supported programs.
Other duties as assigned.